property files (was Re: Data management products (was: How do you lock your web app data?))

[Alex Martelli]

"Cameron Laird" <claird at starbase.neosoft.com> wrote in message
news:6457C4C831E9B110.6049FFDB799E041D.AA4A6C480AE5F526 at lp.airnews.net...
    [snip]
> Do Java people use property files?  I have no sense
> about this.  I think the answer is, no.  In any case,
> CPython has no particular need to read and write 'em,
> right?

Sorry, what do you mean by "property files" in this
context [discussion of RDBMS engines]?  I think I
may be confused...


Alex