Re:Against The Use Of Programming Languages in Configuration...
by timrobinson on Friday February 18, 2011 @08:50AM
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If a configuration language is Turing-incomplete, configuration files written in it can be validated “offline”, ie. without executing the program it configures
This is exactly what I've been advocating recently. Less power is good, if it means you can validate your config files without first solving the halting problem.
This is exactly what I've been advocating recently. Less power is good, if it means you can validate your config files without first solving the halting problem.