From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18020 invoked by uid 1002); 5 May 2003 00:05:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 30960 invoked from network); 5 May 2003 00:05:07 -0000 From: Wesley Leggette To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20030504193449.GA8714@galen> References: <1052064144.1708.3.camel@cyr.kaylix.net> <20030504164928.GN5148@lucien.dreaming> <20030504193449.GA8714@galen> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1052092502.7913.16.camel@cyr.kaylix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1- Date: 04 May 2003 18:55:02 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Init replacement X-Archives-Salt: 3c517f3c-0fcb-4868-a8b0-7adb26662e07 X-Archives-Hash: e4ee80831d86a5df6592a4237759e117 On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 14:34, Joseph Carter wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 06:49:28PM +0200, Bj?rn Lindstr?m wrote: > > SGML (and thus HTML) was never originally intended to be human > > readable/hackable. The same goes for XML. It is designed to be > > easily _parsed_, not easily _read_. That's true, but it is easy to read SGML and HTML. > > Well obviously that worked well then, given the non-triviality of any > complete SGML parser. > > I've got this feeling, shared by others I think, that XML is a hammer and > everyone's looking for nail-like objects. I think it doesn't really matter if people are trying to use XML for a lot of different things because they're only doing so because they like XML for whatever reason. I see the point about using an appropriate language for the appropriate task, but I do think I would like it easier if I could learn one language (or really syntax, since the keywords will be different) and use it for a lot of different purposes. But in general, it would be best if there was XML and bash style init scripts so people could choose the one they like the best. > > - -- > Joseph Carter Do not write in this space > > Windoze CEMeNT: Now with CrackGuard(TM)! Never worry about > unsightly cracks in Windoze CEMeNT again! CrackGuard(TM) is > so powerful that the entire thing will crumble before it will > crack. Order your $200 upgrade version today! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: 1024D/20F62261F1857A3E79FC44F98FF7D7A3DCF9DAB3 > > iEYEARECAAYFAj61a1gACgkQj/fXo9z52rNWggCgnVGXMKGUjRSeg463iI8HJmr7 > m/oAni869+E6j9KMLoCImv6yUL8w8WQY > =k0Db > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list -- Wesley Leggette -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list