Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: new language, arch, furth, etc.

[Miles Bader]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 11:58:12AM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> However, significant whitespace may make sense in large range of data
> representations. After all, formats like RFC822 completely rely on it.
> All current arch configuration files rely on whitespace too, at least
> the significant endline.

The reason it works in rfc822 files is because it's far less fiddly -- you've
either _got_ whitespace or you _don't_, and _that's_ what's significant.
Languages like python where the actual _amount_ makes a difference are much
more problematic.

> I would not immediately dismiss YAML and OGDL.

I would.

-Miles
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