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Re:The 5 Stages of YAML by beaconstudios on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @05:29AM (#17808224)
at that point you might as well just require() a js file instead of skirting around the issue of code vs config.
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Re:The 5 Stages of YAML by paulddraper on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @03:05PM (#17812715)
It is Turning complete, but also pure (side-effect free).
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Re:The 5 Stages of YAML by beaconstudios on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @03:51PM (#17813075)
You don't need a whole new language to have that though, just don't put side effects in your config.js
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