Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Init replacement

[Wesley Leggette]

On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 14:34, Joseph Carter wrote:
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> On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 06:49:28PM +0200, Bj?rn Lindstr?m wrote:
> > SGML (and thus HTML) was never originally intended to be human
> > readable/hackable. The same goes for XML. It is designed to be
> > easily _parsed_, not easily _read_.

That's true, but it is easy to read SGML and HTML.

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> Well obviously that worked well then, given the non-triviality of any
> complete SGML parser.
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> I've got this feeling, shared by others I think, that XML is a hammer and
> everyone's looking for nail-like objects.

I think it doesn't really matter if people are trying to use XML for a
lot of different things because they're only doing so because they like
XML for whatever reason. I see the point about using an appropriate
language for the appropriate task, but I do think I would like it easier
if I could learn one language (or really syntax, since the keywords will
be different) and use it for a lot of different purposes.

But in general, it would be best if there was XML and bash style init
scripts so people could choose the one they like the best.
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