The downvotes are because it comes across as a shallow, middlebrow dismissal.<p>An interesting and useful criticism would first engage with the strongest arguments of Rich Hickey (creator of Transit and edn). If you find something in his <i>Language of the System</i> talk (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ROor6_NGIWU" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ROor6_NGIWU</a>) that you either (a) disagree with (b) think XML solves already, I and many others would certainly be interested in having that conversation.<p>Note that this doesn&#x27;t mean the <i>exposition</i> of &quot;Why Transit&quot; can&#x27;t be better, but that calls for constructive criticism on how explain the ideas better, or a question made in qood faith. What it doesn&#x27;t call for is a hostile reply saying in effect &quot;pff, already been done already, stop reinventing the wheel&quot;.