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OMG, plist files. It's like the windows registry. In a filesystem. In XML files.

Yes, Sam, I know you knew. Ben probably knew, too (as he played with Next previously) (which sounds very wrong).

I love my mac.
I love Apple.
I love Xcode.

Yes, I know "Apple's compiler" is gcc. Yes, I have more respect for macs now that I'm learning objective-c, as I had more respect for unix as I learned C.

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  • In a filesystem.

    Good.

    In XML files.

    Not so good. Aaah, well... win some, lose some.


    • I'll take XML over the insanity that is the windows registry any day.
      At least I can "read" XML without having to have a "special reader".
    • XML is not too bad for config files.

      Where XML is evil is when it is used for transmitting/storing moderate to large amounts of data. Just because a CSV file could be turned into an XML doesn't make it a good idea. 700MB xml files are VERY BAD ideas.
      • amen.

        small amounts of data in xml = good
        large amounts of data in xml = evil

        application prefs are generally NOT huge.
        being able to "read" your prefs, without the danger of corrupting the one big db holding the box together is a good thing. :)
  • It's all XML files, too.

    How does KDE manage its settings?

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