Re:YAML: probably not so great after all (2017)
by mschuster91 on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @05:43PM
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That's not JSON anymore, that's pretty much enough to be considered a unique DSL. Scary that this is more or less required.
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Re:YAML: probably not so great after all (2017)
by zaphar on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @07:26PM
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Almost all applications evolve their config files into unique DSLs over time. They may choose a generic serialization for the DSL's AST but it will end up being an underspecified application specific DSL regardless.