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Re:YAML: Probably not so great after all (2019) by baq on Sunday April 12, 2020 @12:11PM (#22849141)
Turing complete configuration is a no-no.
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Re:YAML: Probably not so great after all (2019) by gruez on Sunday April 12, 2020 @12:41PM (#22849338)
Why?
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Re:YAML: Probably not so great after all (2019) by baq on Sunday April 12, 2020 @02:22PM (#22850055)
I want my configuration to be guaranteed to halt for one, I don’t want my configuration to have the ability to open sockets, I don’t want configuration to import business logic or 3rd party modules, etc.
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