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,a26758eec3c2e1ad X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-13 07:13:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Use of XML for config files Date: 13 Jun 2002 10:10:44 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: <3CFC5DB2.A21DCF61@cs.tu-berlin.de> <4519e058.0206041129.5b250124@posting.google.com> <4519e058.0206100702.5a4b431a@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1023977881 19613 128.183.220.71 (13 Jun 2002 14:18:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Jun 2002 14:18:01 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25866 Date: 2002-06-13T14:18:01+00:00 List-Id: "Tarjei T. Jensen" writes: > Stephen Leake wrote: > > However, I think a sufficiently small subset of XML is ok. I'll be > > posting a complete example Real Soon Now :). > > > Aaarrrggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! > > When will people learn that config files should be readable and > understandable. Yes, that is one of the requirements for Config_Files. You seem to be implying that XML is inherently _not_ readable, or _not_ understandable. Many people here disagree. If you have examples, or reasons, or suggestions for improvement, that would be helpful. Mere statements of dislike are not helpful. -- -- Stephe