P.S. Also it is a 'mini-language' because it is an ad-hoc design that is
good enough and can be easily implemented for a given problem. This is
oppose to a general purpose solution like XML that is one translation from
the original data format and carries too much baggages.
> Just consider y
Yes. But they have different motivations.
The mini-language concept is to design an input format that is convenient
for human editor and that is close to the semi-structured data source. I
think the benefit from ease of editing and flexibility would justify
writing a little parsing code.
JS
Hmm,
Do you know about JSON and YAML?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML
They have the advantage of being maintained by a group of people and
being available for a number of languages. (as well as NOT being XML
:-)
- Cheers, Paddy.
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Many programs need a set of initial data. For ease of use and flexibility,
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