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<Quote> I just find that XML is cumbersome to enter, and often difficult to read. </Quote> The difficulty in reading (from a relative standpoint) is often an authorship (development/design, please pick favorite term) issue. For example, the following fragment: <AGNCY>12906798</AGNCY> <LOC>12 Main St....etc.</LOC> <IND>John Smith</IND> is quite more difficult to read than: <Agency> <AgencyID>12906798</AgencyID> <Address>12 Main St....etc.</Address> <PointOfContact>John Smith</PointOfContact> </Agency> Kind Regards, Joe Chiusano Booz | Allen | Hamilton Paul Jensen wrote: > > Mike Kozlowski <mlk@k...> writes: > > >> Spot on. I certainly remember feeling a similar sentiment when I > >> began using Ant. I want to write my Ant buildfiles in "Ant", not in > >> "XML". > > > > That's precisely what I don't want to do. The best thing about XML > > configuration files is that I already know the syntax -- I don't > > need to remember whether it's #, //, or ; that marks a comment, > > whether I need a special character at the end of every line, what > > character I use to quote strings, how I do escaping, or anything. > > It's a good point -- a standard syntax does have advantages you > mention. I just find that XML is cumbersome to enter, and often > difficult to read. > > > With XML files, the syntax is standard and universal. > > Sure -- its strength and its weakness, I suppose. As far as I'm > concerned, it's more of a weakness when I have to type it in with my > own fingers. > > > (Plus, XML-aware editors make it easy to only view the parts of a > > large configuration file that matter to me, while ignoring the > > uninteresting parts.) > > Another good point. > > Cheers, > Paul > > -- > Paul Jensen <psj@f...> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> begin:vcard n:Chiusano;Joseph tel;work:(703) 902-6923 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.bah.com org:Booz | Allen | Hamilton;IT Digital Strategies Team adr:;;8283 Greensboro Drive;McLean;VA;22012; version:2.1 email;internet:chiusano_joseph@b... title:Senior Consultant fn:Joseph M. Chiusano end:vcard
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