Bob La Quey wrote:
That is a lot of [xml] files. Mostly config files of some sort.
Comments?
Comments?
XML is overused. It was touted as the end-all be-all, but it's a pain in
the ass. There's no good framework for reading or writing it, and it's
completely superfluous. It's a flat file description language with flat
file data built into it.
<xml>
<Widget>
<WidgetOptions>
<Option "blah">
<Modifier "Type" value "String" />
"thisthat"
</Option>
</WidgetOptions>
</Widget>
</xml>
How on earth is that easier than:
blah="thisthat"
?
Not only are flat files easier to parse, they're easier to edit and
read. I don't see much reason to deal with it. Give me flat files, give
me happiness.
-Kelsey
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