From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <6e35c0620705220805y702dfe38l8293269ea5d54983@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 08:05:56 -0700 From: "Jack Johnson" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] XML In-Reply-To: <775b8d190705220755h2860c78ek80d3035bc2640291@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4652F7E7.4050408@authentrus.com> <5344b7b5944391eefb6047acb8ed55d7@coraid.com> <775b8d190705220755h2860c78ek80d3035bc2640291@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6f9e4ebe-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 5/22/07, Bruce Ellis wrote: > i use XML to store midi patches and configs. as a human never edits > them directly (the pre-existing library does that) it was a good choice. I actually think this is where Sun/Apple are headed, where either settings are configured via some automated deployment/policy process or UI interaction and it's not expected that a human will ever have to deal with it (though they would not be prevented from doing so). -Jack