Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 13:34:57 -0700 From: Jack Rusher <jar@integratus.com> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XML configurations Message-ID: <39721C71.FD6CB5B2@integratus.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0007121328020.49102-100000@mx.webgiro.com> <20000712144510.A11316@ywing.creative.net.au> <200007130537.WAA29614@apollo.backplane.com> <20000714112117.D17372@ywing.creative.net.au> <xzppuohggib.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20000714053540.A30847@holly.calldei.com> <20000714124327.A64283@mithrandr.moria.org> <396F531F.BBE0D54E@integratus.com> <20000715232447.A21066@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>
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Nik Clayton wrote: > > > etc. XML seems like the right answer for this. > > Sort of. You still need to write the DTDs, which is the harder part. The DTD syntax is awfully straight forward, and it is certainly easier to write a DTD (and validating schema) than it is to write a custom parser from scratch (even with lex and yacc). The XML/DTD approach is designed for a constrained problem domain that more closely matches the needs of most configuration files than the generalist approach of lex and yacc. Yes, this statement does mean that I would be willing to contribute some time to getting DTDs written for new file formats. -- Jack Rusher, Senior Engineer | mailto:jar@integratus.com Integratus, Inc. | http://www.integratus.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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