Re: RFC 357 (v1) Perl should use XML for documentation instead of POD

[Peter Scott]

At 12:01 PM 10/3/00 -0400, John Porter wrote:
>How would you down-convert a complex math formula to ascii from, say, xhtml?
>
>You know, I'm thinking TeX would make a great extension language for pod.
>Simple, powerful, text-based, with translators to lots of other formats,
>and good tool support (e.g. emacs modes).

Arrgh, you're giving me WEB flashbacks... I nearly went blind trying to 
read that stuff...

As I said earlier, why don't we just define a syntax for *anything* to be 
used as an extension language, and let the, er, market decide?

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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies