On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 03:20:15PM -0400, Robert G. Brown wrote: > The fundamental problem is (as Don said as well) that as far as I know > there ARE NO really good solutions to the problem of the representation, > encapsulation, and transmission of hierarchical data structures in a > portable and efficient way. If you know of one, please correct me
As I said previously, there aren't. But in many cases, domain-specific files work better. For example, many people use Python's ConfigParser for configuration files. That's much, much more human-readable and writable than XML, and it doesn't need XML's hierarchy features, nor the huge libraries that go with reading XMl. A way to express hierarchy is NOT an obvious win, because you often have to change your source code that's consuming the data if you change your hierarchy. Sure, you can express it, but adding new levels can be annoyingly expensive. > In this PARTICULAR case, I prefer to let the output speak for itself: Looks like unreadable crap to me. If this is a good example, it doesn't lend much of a positive spin to your rant. -- greg _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
