Yeah. I've got no idea what your parent comment is talking about.
When config files were written not to be easy to parse, but to make it easier for human beings to configure software.
*eyes rolling*. All I can remember is the hundreds of hours I've spent trying to figure out how to configure something in Apache httpd, BIND, iptables, and god forbid, Sendmail!!
Config files were written not to be easy to <anything>. There was no rhyme or reason. Every project had their own bespoke config. All from the whims and fancies of the devs of the project.
Good thing that was all in the past and I had no job and no responsibilities. If software today made configuration like they did 40 years ago, I'd just give up!
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40 year old chiming in to say, what the hell are you talking about?
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Yeah. I've got no idea what your parent comment is talking about.
*eyes rolling*. All I can remember is the hundreds of hours I've spent trying to figure out how to configure something in Apache httpd, BIND, iptables, and god forbid, Sendmail!!
Config files were written not to be easy to <anything>. There was no rhyme or reason. Every project had their own bespoke config. All from the whims and fancies of the devs of the project.
Good thing that was all in the past and I had no job and no responsibilities. If software today made configuration like they did 40 years ago, I'd just give up!
KEY=value, INI files?
That was my initial thought too, but I just don't see how they fit the description.