Re: [dev] Some thoughts about XML

From: William Giokas <1007380_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:45:19 -0500

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 02:20:29AM +0400, Alexander S. wrote:
> 2013/10/24 William Giokas <1007380_AT_gmail.com>:
> > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:35:03PM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> >> Mihail Zenkov dixit:
> >>
> >> >It not mention good xml alternative: TOML
> >>
> >> Thank gods the time of Windows 3.x *.ini files is long gone.
> >
> > I'm confused as to what is wrong with the .ini style configurations.
> > They're not just used in Windows, they're used in many other places that
> > require simple, easy to use configurations. Python uses it, there are C
> > api's for it, etc.
> >
> > So what problem do you have with a .ini file?
> They are okay for simple config files. They are the opposite of okay
> for a markup language.
This is true.

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