Mike Edenfield wrote: > XML allows you to generate complex, structured, hierarchical data that > can be read, changed, and stored by well-tested third party libraries > that don't need to know anything about the contents or meaning of your > configuration data beforehand. This means I, as a developer, don't > need to write any code to read and parse configurations, validate the > syntax or structure (only the content), or persist it back out.
So, convenience for the lazy programmer should take precedence over usability for the end user? Be lucky, Neil http://www.neiljw.com