XML and JSON Are Like Cardboard
Cardboard surrounds and protects stuff as it crosses boundaries.
Side Effects, Front and Center!
One System's Side Effect is Another's Meat and Potatoes.
The Power of Babble
Expect to be constantly and pleasantly befuddled
The Singular Success of SQL
SQL has a brilliant future as a major figure in the pantheon of data representations.
Standing on Distributed Shoulders of Giants
Farsighted Physicists of Yore Were Danged Smart!