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Re:YAML: probably not so great after all (2017) by user5994461 on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @07:25PM (#17360811)
Any configuration will eventually become a programming language.

See The Configuration Complexity Clock. https://mikehadlow.blogspot.com/2012/05/configuration-comple...

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Re:YAML: probably not so great after all (2017) by krapp on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @10:09PM (#17361521)
Just because it's common doesn't mean it should be encouraged by writing your config in native code to begin with.

INI is still simple, and JSON doesn't support logic, so the madness can be held at bay at least for a time.

XML and s-expressions are lost causes, though.

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