[Info-vax] systemd (was Re: openvms and xterm)

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/21/2024 7:06 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 11:41:06 +0200, Andreas Eder wrote:
>> But .INI format is not a classic unix file format and not as easy to
>> parse as the real, classic unix file formats. I think of it as an
>> abomination.
> 
> It’s very easy to deal with, and very popular among open-source
> developers. It’s so popular, there’s even a module in the standard Python
> library for parsing it. That’s why systemd adopted it.

People may have different opinions on what is "very popular".

The 3 most widely formats for config files today are XML, JSON
and YAML.

But INI and Java properties may be the next 2 in usage.

Arne