Re: XML Not good for Big Files (vs Flat Files)

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

what part of the world does "doddle" derive from? It just means
"easy"?

I had a mental image of a toddler, er, toddling along. No idea if
that's actually what was meant. In the context of my brain, it meant
"so easy a toddler could do it."

The word's common in British English. I don't know about other
dialects/flavours.

The word "doddle" does derive from "toddle", according to the OED, where
"toddle" means the halting walk of an infant or elderly/infirm person. A
doddle, however, is just something that is easy -- as the OED puts it: "a
'walk-over'".

-- chris




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