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On 6/23/06, A. Pagaltzis <pagaltzis@xxx.xx> wrote: > * Simon Wistow <simon@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-06-23 15:40]: > > WT and might I also add F? > > Ah, one of my favourite hates. I've noted this elsewhere: the > YAML spec is more complex than the XML 1.0 spec. 'Nuff said. > > I prefer JSON for light amounts of structured data. The syntax is > far clunkier, but I feel much more at ease putting my trust into > a format that can be specified exhaustively on a single page. If > worst comes to worst, I know I can write a reasonably robust > parser for it with finite effort. > > You know the clich=E9d anecdote about how the US space programme > spent millions of dollars creating a pen that can write upside > down and underwater when they discovered that normals pens don't > work in zero G, and the Russians just used pencils? Grease pencils actually. One wouldnt want little bits of graphite floating around the capsule now would you? Yves --=20 perl -Mre=3Ddebug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"There's stuff above here
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