-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions General Account Sent: Thursday, 15 January 2009 3:25 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] M$ is pushing ahead for performance
Ed Leafe wrote: <snipped> > Dabo uses XML for its class, menu and report form files. VFP uses a > binary format. > > I can open up Dabo files in any text editor. They will be nicely > formatted and color-coded. I can edit them, again with any editor I > like, and they still work. I can create and parse them using built-in, > highly efficient parsers that are already part of the Python language. > Users can easily post them to our issue-tracking site, or email them > to me, without worrying about corruption issues. Version control > systems have no problem working with these files, and can easily > produce diffs between different versions. > > How many of these can be said for VCX and other VFP binary storage > formats? If you have a inbuilt editor for VCX, menu etc then why would the underlying storage format matter one iota? In fact having it in a user readable format encourages tinkering without understanding. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
