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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: Use of XML for config files
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Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com> wrote:
:> It is far easier to split a string at an = than it is to parse even
:> restricted XML.
: 
: 
: It's always nice when at least one person understands what I write.
: :-)

Isn't the goal to get useful information for configuring our software?
Or about maximization of easiness of configuration file parsing?

-- Georg