Re: Help Needed

pDale wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Liam Quin <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 08:55:19AM -0400, pDale wrote:
>      > While this should be off-topic (not about XML), let us take this
>     opportunity
>      > to say again, just in case anyone doesn't know:
 >      >
>      > Do not use XML files for program configuration!
> 
>     Let's not say such silly things.
> 
> 
> I guess it's like going into an NRA chatroom and saying "guns aren't the 
> right way to solve disputes."  That doesn't mean they aren't great for 
> putting dinner on the table.

Or perhaps it's like addressing a newbie to the NRA chatroom
and presuming to speak for the NRA with some absolute proscription.

But maybe we've simply misunderstood you, and
you were simply using the Royal Us?

> I've used XML more than once for configuration.  It will be a long time 
> before I do it again.

Fine with that; you're welcome to the opinion; welcome to express it;
welcome to suggest alternatives...
Just don't say "don't" as if you're speaking for everyone.
[yes, I just gave myself an exception!]

> Is it irony, or serendipity, that this topic has come up on the 
> anniversary of the "GOTO Considered Harmful" letter?
> 
> -- 
> pDale
> FTR: I'm mildly anti-goto.

While I appreciate the relativism, the "mildly" explains a lot :>

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