There's nothing wrong with XML.

The parent post is a list of failed technologies. Perhaps XML failed for a bad reason, but fail it did. Web MCP will likely fail for the same reasons as the other listed techs.

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sethops1 4 hours ago | parent [-]

If you think XML is a failed technology you haven't stepped foot anywhere near a serious enterprise company.

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bryanlarsen 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's a failed technology for websites.

	▲	drusepth 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		How is it failed? Just compared to, like, the prevalence of HTML? I've worked in web dev for almost 20 years. Almost every year has had some kind of work with XML.

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HeWhoLurksLate 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

the CNC machine I'm working retrofitting right now has XML definitions for basically the entire thing from GPIO setup to machine size parameters. Kinda crazy but at least it isn't a cursed hex file