Comment by pyuser583

Regarding containerization, XML wouldn’t just be a noun, but a verb (like in XSLT). You would define your remote procedures in XML.

Imagine if instead of the current Dockerfile format, we used XML, which was dynamically generated from lists of packages, and filtered and updates according to RSS feeds describing CSVs and package updates.

I’m not saying this is anything other than strange fantasy. And not a particularly nice fantasy either.

XML failed because it forced devs to spend tons of unproductive time on it