Movable Type's Export File Format

Here are a short list of things that possess more elegance than Movable Type’s export file format:

  • XML,
  • SMTP,
  • the C string API,
  • the C multibyte string API (mbsinit, wcrtomb, mbsnrtowcs, etc),
  • the C++ grammar specification,
  • C++ template error messages,
  • the BIND zone file format,
  • Bourne shell parameter expansion involving spaces,
  • PHP,
  • CSV,
  • GNU libtool,
  • wGetGUI,
  • POSIX regular expressions,
  • MPEG-7,
  • the mplayer code base,
  • the Cisco VPN client,
  • the ld(1) manpage on the UNIX system of your choice,
  • the sudoers(5) manpage,
  • Makefiles generated by GNU autogoats,
  • Eric S. Raymond,
  • ICCCM,
  • pretty much everything.

Feel free to extend this list in the comments.

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