On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 02:48:17PM -0800, . . wrote: > having worked with java in the past, it is very unwieldly as a tool > and a royal pain. i wouldn't recommend that as a development base > for this app (or any for that matter). probably ANSI or clean C > would be my recommendation -- along with adequate documentation > ;-). at some point this code can be integrated directly into the > client as a library and invoked via command line switch > "--check-config" or something. apache httpd has a similar command > line to validate the syntax of the config file. If you prefer C over Java for simple tasks such as a config utility, that include a GUI... Something is wrong. :-) If anything, the main complaint against Java is that it is *too* easy, and therefore limiting. People who claim C++ is better than Java, are quick to point out that Java is a *subset* of C++. The GCC pretty much proved this, with their C++/Java compiler that can call back and forth between the two. Cheers, mark -- mark at mielke.cc / markm at ncf.ca / markm at nortel.com __________________________ . . _ ._ . . .__ . . ._. .__ . . . .__ | Neighbourhood Coder |\/| |_| |_| |/ |_ |\/| | |_ | |/ |_ | | | | | | \ | \ |__ . | | .|. |__ |__ | \ |__ | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them... http://mark.mielke.cc/