Re: XML and Config files
pDale <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Wayne Simmons <[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone give a reason as to the recent OT discussion of "Don't use XML > for configuration." I don't understand why not, and we as a company > frequently do. XML is well formed, well known, with parsers available in > all major programming languages. > > Ini files are a Microsoft standard (that counts as a point to the negative > when developing in UNIX). They have very limited ability to model complex > and/or repeating values, and can end up being very long. > > Could anyone give me the other point of view on this? > I thought the topic here was XML? So how can this be OT? Have you ever heard of "Perl Best Practices"?... < http://books.google.com/books?id=yMMRnPQ7CSMC&pg=PA447&lpg=PA447&dq=Perl+best+practices+config&source=bl&ots=_j8ajncgMf&sig=c8vuKPXdWMZ88dU0-wbC6QwLlZQ&hl=en&ei=CMjDScaPDZyMtgfptOlk&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA446,M1 > "Microsoft standard"? Sounds more like a case of NIH. In fact, just to turn a crank, what *is* XML good for, anyway? < http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=What-is-XML-good-for-anyway-.html&Itemid=29 > -- pDale _______________________________________________ Perl-XML mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs