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I think I read this article awhile ago (it came out in February of this year). Functional Programming and XML: "As is all too common in the programming world, much of the XML community has identified itself and all its works with object oriented programming (OOP). While I'm a fan of OOP, it's clear to me that even the best OOP-for-XML techniques aren't a panacea, and, moreover, there is an awful lot of ad hoc "objectification" which tends merely to make our lives more difficult and our programs less clear. This short-sightedness has two negative consequences: it tends to limit the techniques and tools we use, and it tends to restrict our understanding."

I wonder if the problem I spent hours solving over the past day or so could have been solved much more elegantly with a functional language... grr... I have no other geeky friends to talk to about this stuff.

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