Torvalds, Linus (2014-03-06), Linus Torvalds - Google+ (As a reply in the comments section), retrieved: 2025-06-02
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XML is crap. Really. There are no excuses. XML is nasty to parse for humans, and it's a disaster to parse even for computers. There's just no reason for that horrible crap to exist.
— Linus Torvalds
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "XML is crap. Really. There are no excuses. XML is nasty to parse for humans, and it's a disaster to parse even for computers. There's just no reason for that horrible crap to exist." in the context of "Torvalds, Linus (2014-03-06), Linus Torvalds - Google+ (As a reply in the comments section), retrieved: 2025-06-02" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Linus Torvalds" (Quotes, 2010s, 2014)
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About Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.
About Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.
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