> Configuration files tell a program what to do. Configuration may be an overloaded term, but in my terminology telling machinery what to do is the function of

> Configuration files tell a program what to do. Configuration may be an overloaded term, but in my terminology telling machinery what to do is the function of the code. Configuration gives users, who in general have neither interest nor skill to follow the algorithm paths, some high level options to control the program execution. Thus config files need to be small, clean and well commented. Just my 2c.