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From: Pascal Obry
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Subject: Re: Use of XML for config files
Date: 03 Jun 2002 19:42:28 +0200
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Mike and Lynn Card writes:
> Hello CLA-
>
> I thought I would mention that some of our programs at Lockheed-Martin
> have begun using XML for configuration files. It really is handy because
> you don't have to write your own token-paring code, and I would expect
> it to eventually become standard practice.
I second that and think that a configuration file, designed today, not based
on XML would be a mistake.
Pascal.
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