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Re: Another XML Question [message #43224 is a reply to message #43081]

Thu, 24 March 2005 09:44

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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JD Smith writes:

> I can't help but wonder here how much more quickly David would have
> progressed if his input file had been a simple text file like:
>
> file config.txt
>
> =====================
> CAMPAIGN_ID: 0
> SPAM_WAIT: 60
> HEARTBEAT_TIME: 60
> =====================
>
> I bet he could have had that file parsing in 10 seconds or less. XML is
> nice. Overusing XML to be buzzword compliant, not so nice.

Tell my client, please. He *likes* complicated. So far,
all pleas for simplification have fallen on deaf ears. :-(

On the other hand, he pays his bills. :-)

Cheers,

David

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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		Re: Another XML Question By: Karl Schultz on Thu, 24 March 2005 09:06
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