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Nope! Most definitely not the only one.
Though, I did just get done writing an interpreter that executes fairly simple scripts written in XML.
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: executes fairly simple scripts written in XML
Oh, a DSL[^]?
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Yep. It's for a wrapper we use in all of our packaged software we deploy. Since we have to support 8 different platforms, it makes packaging and deploying software a bit ... complicated. Script support makes life a whole lot easier.
Using an XML-based solution made parsing and syntax checking a piece of cake and I had to bang out a solution quickly. This also makes it easy for our QA and deployment tools to parse and check too.
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Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Sounds like one of the better uses of XML.
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It's a lot simpler to understand than Powershell, especially for people who don't have a coding background.
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Maybe you could share your little scripting language with an article on CP? Please?
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I don't know if I can get that written. I've got about a years worth of code to write and now have to do it inside of 4 months. 
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: executes fairly simple scripts written in XML.
Why? Why not use XSLT? 
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You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Because writing the XSD was bad enough! 
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Ugh! Forsooth!
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Ok, to clarify.
The web/app config files <i>of themselves</i> are ok. Better than Registry entries 
Working with them, however, is a pain.
There's very little intellisense, and finding out <i>what</i> you need to add is difficult.
Yes, I am proposing something better - Visual Studio should have a GUI tool to create these files,
with drop-down menus of choices, check-boxes for true/false options, etc.
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I certainly don't mind the idea of them (e.g. place to put connection strings and other straightforward config stuff), but I agree they are mysterious and verbose in other areas.
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Remember, these configuration thingies, including dependency injection and other modern architectures, are for turning your glorious compiled language into BASIC. Not even into Visual BASIC.
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I hate config files of any description
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You think the default web app web.config files are bad in their vanilla form, just wait until you have to deploy into a secure environment. The Web.config is just one link in an inheritance chain that flows down from %WinDir%\System32\intetsrv\config\Applicationhost.config through each application directory to your web site's directory.
You haven't lived until you've had to walk every config file in this chain to find the one that has a duplicate ISAPIRestriction or Authentication tag definition (this breaks the entire IIS worker process).
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David O'Neil wrote: How about we lobotomize Edge, instead?
I thought it came pre-lobotomized?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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David O'Neil wrote: Why does everything always take longer than expected?
I'll let you know in an hour or so.. 
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Brent Jenkins wrote: David O'Neil wrote: Why does everything always take longer than expected?
I'll let you know in an hour or so..
Next update isn't due so soon.
...but please wait while we check anyway and send your 'telemetry' data to make your experience better.
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the any key okay
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