top | item 2343044 Why are INI files deprecated in favor of the registry? 4 points| domino | 15 years ago |blogs.msdn.com | reply 3 comments order hn newest [+] [-] 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. load replies (1)
[+] [-] 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. load replies (1)
[+] [-] zephjc|15 years ago|reply
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