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		codeduck on Feb 4, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why don't more web projects start with a J... A small nitpick, but: > Hundreds of XML configuration files is a byproduct of the frameworks, not the JVM itself. Enterprise Java swallowed the XML kool-aid in a big and horrible way.

davelnewton on Feb 6, 2016 [–]

(And if there are hundreds that you actually need to pay attention to, you probably did something wrong. Even in its heyday, XML proliferation like that is unusual and suspect.)

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