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>> Just because Windows' registry is hard to manually edit doesn't mean they are a bad idea. > That's not the problem with Windows registry. What is?
by wfunction 10y ago
>> Just because Windows' registry is hard to manually edit doesn't mean they are a bad idea.
> That's not the problem with Windows registry.
What is?
- markdown 10y agohttps://blog.codinghorror.com/was-the-windows-registry-a-good-idea/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/was-the-windows-registry-a-goo...
- wfunction 10y agoYour link explicitly says you're wrong, though. Read it. It says: > My life would be a heck of a lot easier if per-application settings were stored in a place I could easily see them, manipulate them, and back them up. Like, say... in INI files. > The registry is opaque and binary. As much as I dislike the angle bracket tax, at least XML config files are reasonably human-readable, and they allow as many comments as you see fit. Now look at the comment you replied to: > Just because Windows' registry is hard to manually edit doesn't mean they are a bad idea. You said that's not the problem with the registry, but your own link says that's exactly the problem with the registry...