Re: My preferred way of handling config data in Perl is:

[tbone1]

.ini files.

Encrypted .ini files.

In Sumerian.

(Although once, because of a typo, I created a .nin file and the code got all depressed, dressed in black, bemoaned having to sell out to the music industry, and moved to the local art district. Who knew?)

[nimdokk]

Actually, I think I saw it in Cleveland once :-)

[BrentDax]

.ini files. Encrypted .ini files. In Sumerian.

Also known as nam-shubs.

[swampyankee]

I'm older; I'd expect a nin file would cause the code to write pornographyerotica, and date your spouse||parents||significant other||children, probably all at once.