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

[Johan Vromans]

David Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > We did this for the camel.   Which, I remind the world, was
> > written in pod.
> 
> seriously, that impresses me.

POD is not suitable for producing books. It can be used, however, to
provide the information that a (human) typesetter can turn into a
printed book. You can also do this with HTML, but HMTL is much harder
to write. XML is unwritable.

-- Johan