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2003-01-07T14:46:57 Bennett Todd:
> There are several arguments in favour of a tagged format as opposed
> to XML: [...]
> - we don't need the full expressiveness of XML, it's dangerous to
>   allow it

Unless I'm badly misreading this report, the attached is an
example of this exact class of problem --- a full XML parser
deployed where its full power isn't needed, and an unintended
consequence of some of that power rearing up and biting.

-Bennett