On May 20, 2006, at 12:19 AM, James Britt wrote:

> Matthew Desmarais wrote:
>> On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 12:14 +0900, James Britt wrote:
>>> Matthew Desmarais wrote:
>>>
>>>> Have you given any thought to using YAML instead of  XML?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why not not just use Ruby to describe the data?
>> YAML buys you a small amount of language independence.  I've  
>> chosen YAML
>> before because I like how well it plays with Ruby.  I've been  
>> _able_ to
>> choose YAML because of how well it plays with other languages.
>
> Perhaps, though more and more I run into YAML files with custom  
> object-specific serializations (e.g. the YAML files used in Ruby's  
> ri system); XML tends to do better on that count, with far less  
> coupling of data and types.

Right, and if it's something I need to hand edit, I find my brain can  
remember XML syntax easier than YAML's myriad of choices.

James Edward Gray II