Thread: Aergh... is Linux just for nerds?
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2008-06-23 , 23:24
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Originally Posted by tabletrat View Post
although [the Windows registry] isn't exactly binary, it is mostly text.
Well, "mostly text" is a long way from "text". Kinda the difference between markup languages like RTF and HTML and the Word .doc format.

Originally Posted by tabletrat View Post
which is why they changed from plain text files to the registry in later versions of windows!
I don't think so. They had a few central text files in earlier versions, like win.ini and system.ini, but I think they really didn't like the whole "editable in a text editor" thing. I can kinda understand. It's better just to have a file that doesn't make much sense in a text editor rather than having a text file that says, "AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED: DO NOT EDIT!" at the top. I'm sure you've seen a few of those. I've edited a few of those
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