Recommended "new" way for config files

[Ben Finney]

Chris Rebert <clp2 at rebertia.com> writes:

> JSON is one option: http://docs.python.org/library/json.html

YAML <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML> is another contender.
Compared to JSON, it is yet to gain as much mind-share, but even more
human-friendly and no less expressive.

Here are some discussions of YAML that can help you evaluate it:

    <URL:http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-matters23.html>
    <URL:http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001114.html>
    <URL:http://webignition.net/articles/xml-vs-yaml-vs-json-a-study-to-find-answers/>

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Ben Finney