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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Should Inline be private in the private part of a package spec?
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:51:28 +0200
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On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:04:09 -0500, Randy Brukardt wrote:

> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message 
> news:1mchat48i3fos.1ksbz02nuzf5f$.dlg@40tude.net...
>> On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:44:42 -0700 (PDT), Shark8 wrote:
>>
>>> "XML combines the efficiency of text files with the readability of binary 
>>> files" -- unknown
>>
>> That one was great! (:-))
> 
> And accurate! Text files are quite a bit slower to access than binary files, 
> which is OK if they are intended to be processed (read/modified) by humans. 
> But XML is lousy at that (humans are not good at counting bracketing 
> constructs).

It has a vital psychological effect. Something simple to read and
understand will never be considered worth of money and efforts.

On the contrary, a highly complicated mess requiring a heap of tools
mounted on each other, is a cool thing. Clearly, spending man-centuries on
designing all the garbage must indicate its great value in all fields of
software engineering!

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de