Gabriel Sechan wrote:
> In 99% of apps, internationalization is overkill.  Unless a human is
> meant to be editing the file (such as a config file), its just a waste
> of CPU power and time.

Okay, that part I'd disagree with. Anytime you have strings as your data
type, there is a distinct possibility you will need some kind of
internationalization. It's not a given, but it applies to far more than
1% of the cases, and unfortunately people tend not to realize that.

>> Third, XML parsers *complain* when you feed them garbage.  If you
>> don't get your formatting and nesting correct, most XML parsers are
>> free to dump your crud into the bitbucket any way they please.
> 
> Yup, because just dumping the doc rather than trying to route around the
> problem is a great idea.  Nah, I didn't really want all that data.  So
> whats a few missing bank transactions gonna cost anyway?

Hehe, I've actually frequently had to write a "front end parser" that
reads the document and performs corrections just so I can stuff it in to
the "real" parser. How's that for efficient? ;-)

--Chris

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