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DaWei · Jul 13th, 2007, 10:27 AM

I'm not saying it's a bad thing. I'm merely trying to correct the perception that it's a storage methodology. The particular container is the methodology. What's in the container might be XML or plain text or any number of things. The container might be a flat file or a relational database or something else. One chooses the format for good reasons and one chooses the container for (other) good reasons.

Jul 13th, 2007, 10:27 AM	#7
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	I'm not saying it's a bad thing. I'm merely trying to correct the perception that it's a storage methodology. The particular container is the methodology. What's in the container might be XML or plain text or any number of things. The container might be a flat file or a relational database or something else. One chooses the format for good reasons and one chooses the container for (other) good reasons. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers