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Why are INI files deprecated in favor of the registry?

4 points| domino | 15 years ago |blogs.msdn.com | reply

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[+] zephjc|15 years ago|reply
The Registry - and by extension, installers in most cases - are over-engineered solution to the program config problem.

OSX has been successfully using XML config files for 10+ years, and Unix in general with /etc/ and user's home dot-files for much longer.

[+] clvv|15 years ago|reply
Dotfiles are really great in terms of portability.