From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,47bc849aad30d586 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-02 08:51:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.columbus.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CFA3F25.118C9989@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: XML and Ada was RE: A standard package for config files is needed References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 15:51:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1023033102 66.75.151.160 (Sun, 02 Jun 2002 08:51:42 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 08:51:42 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25206 Date: 2002-06-02T15:51:42+00:00 List-Id: Gerhard H=E4ring wrote: > The main advantage of XML > is that it's standardized, so you can use existing parsers instead of > inventing your own writer and reader for your data formats. Actually, I think the other main advantages are that it's pure text (unli= ke ASN.1/BER) and you can interleave text and structure (i.e., it has PCDATA= and CDATA). It's also easy to write simple parsers for, given the amount = of power it provides. If you want to map something to a programming language per se, ASN.1 is a= standardized (really standardized, which I don't think XML is) formatting= system that's much more appropriate. -- = Darren New = San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://home.san.rr.com/dnew/DNResume.html ** ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** My brain needs a "back" button so I can remember where I left my coffee mug.