Re: [paragui-users] Why use XML for configuration?

[Asko Kauppi]

I think Lua can be used for remote controlling. I haven't done that 
myself, but have heard of a case where Lua scriptlets were thrown 
back-and-forth over RS-232 to remote control a device.

What i'd need for a good Lua wrapper, is clear and simple C/C++ 
interface that the scripts can build upon. This easily leads into a 
two-level implementation where part of the library is (for performance 
of other reasons) C++ code, whereas the upper levels would be 
implemented as scripts (coding a script is _much_ more efficient 
timewise than doing the same by C/C++).

-ak


Teunis Peters kirjoittaa lauantaina, 26. heinäkuuta 2003, kello 08:57:

> On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, Asko Kauppi wrote:
>
> > Cast me stones (rather, tomatoes..? ;) but why does/should ParaGui use
> > XML for configuration?
> >
> > Imho, something like Lua does the job of (dynamic) configuration
> > better. It doesn't have configuration / programming split. It's all
> > both. Better than XML. Better than (shell) scripts. Better than
> > anything?
>
> personally I wanted to use XML for CONTROLLING paragui.  For remote
> calling, subprogs and the like.  Lua's not much use for that.
>
> besides XML is standard.  And I suspect the gentleman that put it in to
> begin with was Under Orders From Above.
>
> Also ParaGUI has a standing rule (since the addition of XML) of MINIMAL
> outside dependancies....
> expat's acceptable.
> I don't know why but libxml2/libxslt isn't
> and pango (I started writing a driver) is most definitely not... *sigh*
>
> I guess you could say - Why not?   XML can do the job of embedding
> information quite nicely.  It's standard, it's extendable, and by and
> large it's fairly simple.   Pretty much any language can read/write it 
> and
> it doesn't restrict nationality/whatever.
>
> G'day, eh? :)
>         - Teunis, who's now writing docs in TeX as nothing else seems up
> to handling mixtures of five or more languages with mathematics as 
> well...
>
>
>
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