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From: Adam Turoff <AdamT@smginc.com>
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Subject: Kernel Config datafile...
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 97 11:22:00 PST
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I don't want to start a flame war here, but I've heard the
topic of a configuration file that needed to be both
ASCII and vi/emacs editable as well as store relational
data as well.

Allow me to spread the evangelism a wee tad and mention
SGML/XML.  This would give the advantage of encoding
multiple aspects of the kernel config data in a single
ASCII (technically, Unicode) file.

 -- Adam.