This is just horrible! How many characters needed? I can feel my wrists ache just reading it (which is also strenuous due to all the XML taggage). XML is designed to be easily parsed by machines, not people! What is the point of a language where ‘XML is the underlying construct, not ASCII’? Call me a luddite, but I mean really, what does it offer over good old fashioned text?
Cool Programming Language Concept: SuperX++.
Cool Programming Language Concept: SuperX++
This is neat: Super X++. It is a language where XML is the underlying programming construct as opposed to ASCII. And, yes Virginia, it is Open Source.[_Go_]
Here is a simple example from the FAQ:
How do I code “Hello World!” in Superx++?
The following code will be a full Superx++ program that returns the string “Hello World!” to the Superx++ client (whatever process calls a Superx++ program):<xpp>
<xout>Hello World!</xout>
</xpp>And here is a complex example:
How do I define a class?
A class in Superx++ is defined using the <class> statement. An example follows:
<class name=”XTree” inherit=”XPlant”>
<construct>
<scope type=”public”>
<Chlorophylic>yes</Chlorophylic>
</scope>
</construct>
<scope type=”public”>
<func type=”string” name=”GetChlorophylic”>
<body>
<return>
<eval object=”Chlorophylic” />
</return>
</body>
</func>
<func type=”void” name=”SetChlorophylic”>
<parm type=”string” name=”sVal” pass=”val” />
<body>
<eval object=”Chlorophylic”>
<eval object=”sVal” />
</eval>
</body>
</func>
<func type=”int” name=”GetAge”>
<body>
<return>
<eval object=”this” member=”Age” />
</return>
</body>
</func>
<func type=”void” name=”SetAge”>
<parm type=”int” name=”sVal” pass=”val” />
<body>
<eval object=”this” member=”Age”>
<eval object=”sVal” />
</eval>
</body>
</func>
</scope>
<scope type=”protected”>
<var type=”int” name=”Age”>0</var>
</scope>
</class>The statement above declares a class called XTree which inherits from the class XPlant which contains an object called Chlorophylic. Every time an object of class XTree is instantiated it will be instantiated along with a contained object called Chlorophylic. The class XTree also defines four methods and one member variable. For more details on classes click here.
Thanks to Dr. Dobbs Journal for turning me on to this.
Darren Hobbs 
What a monstrosity. We already have one ugly-ass confusing xml-based language (xsl). XML is for data PERIOD. Why are there all these attempts to graft conditional and looping structures (and now OOP??) onto it? Just because you can, I guess.