On Sep 8, 5:41 pm, lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca wrote: > Writing tons of XML lines to control behavior of frameworks was also a turn > off. We use Spring to create low-level Java beans but the XML describing > these beans did not change much over time. That is acceptable.
I think Lisp is very well suited to being introduced as a replacement for XML. Some XML-based frameworks and tools (notably Spring and Maven) make sure - or are starting to make sure - that XML is not actually required to configure them; you can more or less easily write your own configuration reader that understands your language and plug it in. I actually wrote my own Lisp configuration DSL for Spring and I find that the possibility of having functions, macros, conditionals in your application context is just great ;) Just my €.02 Alessio -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
