[antlr-interest] Fig: a generic config file reader

[Vaclav Barta]

On Saturday 30 June 2007 16:00, robermann wrote:
> Hi, I've just added a comment in
> http://www.antlr.org/wiki/display/ANTLR3/Fig+-+Generic+configuration+langua
>ge+interpreter .
...
> What do you think?
Well, what's wrong with JSON (that YAML doesn't solve :-) )?

> > Intro:
> > Many applications need configuration files. In the old days people
> > built their own syntax and parser. Then people tried to use simple
> > property files with Java. Now people use XML for everything, but XML
> > is a horrible Human interface (see "Humans should not have to grok
> > XML"); XML is fine for data if you don't mind the verboseness. This
> > article describes Fig, a little config file reader that I made for my
> > talk at the Sydney Java users group June 20, 2007. The basic goal is
I think the grammar is fine for pedagogical purposes, but for practical usage, 
we have better alternatives to XML and there's no need to reinvent the wheel.

	Bye
		Vasek