[rjzzleep]

i'm really wondering, why xml is burried so deep down in the comments. I would argue that Maven is just reflecting a methodology implied by xml, some like it, but well...

this: http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html

even though having completely different intentions, shows the parallels quite well, imho

[andrewflnr]

I think most of it is verbosity, both that inherent in XML and extra caused by crummy schemas, that makes people hate XML. It turned into an "enterprise" thing, with all the philosophy that entails.