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Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:23:32 +1100
Subject: Re: Python declarative
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, January 26, 2014 9:36:15 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> Code isn't something to be afraid of. It's just text files like any
>> other. After all, Python code is a config file for /usr/bin/python, so
>> if you want to change what Python does, just edit its config file!
>
> Windows stores configuration in the registry -- by fiat
> Linux (posix) stores configuration in /etc + ~/.files -- by convention
>
> Which do you think is preferable?

Not exclusively, in either case. Many many things are config files of
various sorts. The terms of the GPL specifically state that a GPL'd
language does not enforce that code written in it is GPL'd, because
it's just (to the GPL code) data files.

Plenty of Windows programs store config files outside the registry.

ChrisA