XML

What advantages would XPath gain from using TreePath? There are a few:

• Simple TreePath would provide a simpler alternative to XPath
• If the TreePath language becomes more widely used, people will be able to learn XPath more easily because it will already be familiar.
• If TreePath becomes more widely used (eg. in filesystem navigation), there will be a much larger pool of people contributing to and optimising it.

I'm not a die-hard XML fan. It has its place, but it's not the best thing ever. But there is one thing about the XML milieu that I really do like.