From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Dec 14 21:25:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1164B37B401 for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 21:25:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-21.mail.nl.demon.net (post-21.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 134D443EB2 for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 21:25:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-21.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18NRHN-000DuG-00 for chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 05:25:29 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 0803BEDE for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 06:25:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id EEA88EB5 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 06:25:18 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id EBDD7225D9; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 06:25:18 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 06:25:18 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: aaaarrrrggghhh - I can't remember and it's killling me.. Message-ID: <20021215052518.GA755@raggedclown.net> References: <004a01c2a3c8$95f3e150$0100000a@D9NLZD0J> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <004a01c2a3c8$95f3e150$0100000a@D9NLZD0J> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 11:29:02PM -0000, George Barnett wrote: > > Most stuff is being put in HTML or XML or PDF or even DOC and other > > complex, poorly-documented, formats. And much is being put into > > I'm doing a simple dig on various nameservers and listing the output side by > side. Using XML in place of a 5 line shell script would be like swatting a > fly with a ping-pong bat (A bit slower and you're likely to miss :).. > > > I suspect that much data would be better off in plain-text files, and > > very much effort (ie, money) wasted by a general move to non-text forms > > There's a good case for keeping large batches of data in well managed > central databases. If you're able to query this data from a nice XML > template then you'll probably same time and money. The key is picking the > right tool for the job. I recall asking one of my tutors why he bothered to > write code for Windows. His response was something along the lines of: > > "No sense [unix] using a big hammer on a small nail. Likewise, no sense > using a small hammer [Windows] on a big nail." > The first problem is finding the nail in the first place, a WIndows Registry being a case in point. [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message