XML vs comma delimited text files

Question

Ok, I\'ve read a couple books on XML and wrote programs to spit it out and what not. But here\'s the question. Both a comma delimited file and a XML file are \"human readable.

Answer 1

It all depends on what you need to do. If you need more complexity in your data structures than a simple "flat" row structure can give. for example hierarchical data, then XML is a great choice.