> They all differ slightly and therein lies the problem.
> XML may be bloated. But is far better standardized than
> any of (note several subtly different) examples given.
The reason is there are many implementations of a very simple KEY VALUE
parser. Some more robust than others.
And also each is different because nearly
every KEY VALUE syntax is subtly different.
Between you and Stremler four of five formats
were produced in minutes. Multiply that by
many intelligent people and you have a recipe
for chaos; really Bable.
We've had "win.ini" config file formats for years in the testing group
and they are a PITA for anything other than simple configurations.
Arrays and complex structures are ridiculous in the "win.ini" format
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