Re: XML was RE: RE: A portable preferences library

J C Lawrence <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.games.devel.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:13:52 +0200 
Ivan-Assen Ivanov <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Technical reasons include that Xerces properly implements the open
>> standard in an opensource manner.

> This is a political reason, not a technical reason. 

It is both, mixed.

> I wouldn't base the choice of including a bloated mess of dozens of
> source files over a couple of lines of COM calls, on what is a proper
> opensource manner, or what habits MS has. It's a matter of
> engineering, not Slashdot karma.

As he stated, Xerces also implements the current draft to a degree that
is auditable and published, and is therefore largely without surprises.
This is a technical benefit, both in the certainty of what is supported
and how, and the adherence to standards and thus interop with other
adherent tools.

-- 
J C Lawrence
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