Years ago, after the early interest in XML, I wrote an article about the limitations of the XML standard, specifically when it came to the efficiencies of information transfer. Basically it outlined that while self-describing text messages had their advantages, the amount of overhead required for transferring and transforming XML was a bit of a step backward from more traditional binary message processing. By t Years ago, after the early interest in XML, I wrote an article about the limitations of the XML standard, specifically when it came to the efficiencies of information transfer. Basically it outlined that while self-describing text messages had their advantages, the amount of overhead required for transferring and transforming XML was a bit of a step backward from more traditional binary message processing. By the way, I tried to find that article on-line, but no dice. Software Development