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Re:Cue – A language for defining, generating, and validating... by breck on Saturday August 31, 2019 @06:05PM (#20849076)
Disclosure: I work on Tree Notation.

If the authors would like to discuss how Tree Notation may be a better syntax for this language, please feel free to get in touch: [email protected] or [email protected].

Here is a demonstration of what a Tree Language for config files could look like: https://treenotation.org/designer/#standard%20config

Re:Cue – A language for defining, generating, and validating... by ptest1 on Saturday August 31, 2019 @09:07PM (#20849875)
Stop commenting on every HN post, thanks
Re:Cue – A language for defining, generating, and validating... by breck on Saturday August 31, 2019 @10:03PM (#20850095)
Fact: I've commented on fewer than 1% of HN posts today alone.

Fact: my post is very relevant to the OP and I'm offering to help them.

Fact: I've been a member of this site for over 12 years, and never comment on a post unless I think it adds value to the discussion or would be helper to the parent.

Re:Cue – A language for defining, generating, and validating... by DannyBee on Sunday September 01, 2019 @05:42AM (#20851384)
Fact: What you wrote was essentially a private, directed comment that should have been a private email, and added literally nothing to the discussion.
Re:Cue – A language for defining, generating, and validating... by breck on Sunday September 01, 2019 @11:49AM (#20852879)
> should have been a private email

That's a good suggestion. I didn't think of that. But thinking about it, I guess I don't want to bother the OPs inbox. If they are interested, they can get in touch.

> added literally nothing to the discussion.

I disagree. When I post a new language, and someone shares a link to a related language, those are often the most valuable comments.

Validating, defining, using data: sound like things Tree Notation syntax is perfect for. Cue's semantics are great, and presentation and execution, I just think potentially a syntax switch is worth exploring. I understand the strategy to be able to parse JSON as cue, and that's probably the way to go for now, but in the future Tree Notation syntax might offer compelling advantages.

Re:Cue – A language for defining, generating, and validating... by arc33 on Saturday August 31, 2019 @11:04PM (#20850284)
FWIW I think your post is very relevant.

I like the idea of a git based database. Please don't take a single person's opinion as that of the entire community.