On Thu, 2014-03-20 at 17:18 -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > > > On the other hand, what justifiable reason was there for the massively > > > increased complexity of grub2? And why do all configuration files > > > suddenly *desperately* need to be xml? On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Always Learning wrote: > > Because misguided fools believe XML is wundervol and they don't want > > simplicity of use. On Sat, 2014-03-22 at 13:54 +1300, Cliff Pratt wrote: > The advantages of XML are that it is a common, mature standard, it is > easily parseable by humans and computers. Nothing is easier and simpler than [any-section] parameter1=value1 parameter2=value2 Compare to XML (= the WEB PAGE 'new idea'), plain text is common, well established and a significantly more mature standard. Plain text is easier to read with vastly improve clarity, compared to XML, and no line indentations or angular brackets required. I note your reference to XML being "common, mature standard" omits any praise for XML and also omits calling it "good" :-) -- Paul. England, EU. Our systems are exclusively Centos. No Micro$oft Windoze here.