"I suspect they're aiming for a development language where developers could, in one or two lines of code, import an XML document into their program and naturally access the content of that XML file without having to turn it into a collection of tables or objects."

Sounds like CursorAdapter... :)

>Yeah, it's called VFP8. : ) Sorry, couldn't resist...
>
>>Carl Warner of VFUG sent me this link. Does anyone know anything about this or is this another hoax?
>>
>>Microsoft hasn't confirmed reports that it is developing a new
>>data-centric programming language, but one expert believes it's a
>>no-brainer because such a language -- rumored to be called X# at
>>Microsoft -- would make the software giant the first major company to
>>embrace functional programming. It's a concept that could not only
>>fundamentally change mainstream development; it could also make XML
>>Web services data easier to work with.
>>
>>searchWebServices.com:
>>http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid26_gci873910,00.html