At 12:03 PM 10/2/04 -0500, Skip Montanaro wrote: > Guido> This reveals IMO a big mistake in thinking about configuration > Guido> files. The most important user of a config file is not the > Guido> programmer who has to get data out of it; the most important user > Guido> is the user who has to edit the config file. The outrageous > Guido> verbosity of XML makes the above example a complete usability > Guido> liability. > >Agreed. > >What about YaML? It's human readable/editable and uses indentation to >denote structure instead of <tags>. I'd Google for a reference but I'm >off-net at the moment. YaML isn't very friendly to non-techies, IMO. I consider it a very good human *readable* format, but not a human *writable* format. I honestly have an easier time writing XML than YaML, because there are fewer symbols to remember, the format is more regular, and I don't have to think as hard about what the processor is looking for. Of course, I *definitely* prefer .ini files to XML, if they are sufficient for the use case.
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