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-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,47bc849aad30d586 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-31 16:25:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!xmission!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator2-maxim!propagator-maxim!news-in.spamkiller.net!luth.se!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A standard package for config files is needed Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 09:21:18 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3CF6846C.3544EB21@nbi.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1022851279 29624 136.170.200.133 (31 May 2002 13:21:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 31 May 2002 13:21:19 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25130 Date: 2002-05-31T13:21:19+00:00 List-Id: The reason is not for efficiency. The reason is that if the file is created under program control and is not editable by other means, then you can't fill it with corrupt data. Hence you don't have to check it on the way in to be sure some bonehead didn't screw up the syntax. It also makes the implementation a much simpler thing because there doesn't need to be a parser. IOW, it keeps it down to the level of something that is likely to get implemented and actually work rather than something that will get discussed to death and have everyone waiting around for someone else to write a billion lines of code to correctly handle every conceivable text file format, syntax, internal representation, etc. Keep it simple and get the job done & maybe we'll have something actual and useful rather than abstract and theoretical. :-) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Preben Randhol" wrote in message news:slrnafea2h.5hu.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no... > > Why why why do we need binary format? We are talking about configuration > files not data files. When was the time to load a configuration file in > any way a time-hog? > > Preben