The Modern Java Platform – 2021 Edition

Re:The Modern Java Platform – 2021 Edition by jrochkind1 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @02:47PM (#26495276)

> there's not much more you can accomplish with YAML or JSON compared to XML, even if some people find the syntax more palatable.

Sure, and vice versa.

I think there are arguments to be had for whether you want your config language to be "turing complete" (or in general capable of containing logic or just static data). I am not sure I am convinced.

But you seemed to be saying that XML was preferable to yaml for some reason related to turing completeness/logical power, which I'm not seeing. You can "shoehorn" conditions and loops into YAML or XML if you want (by defining a semantics on top of either one), and it's going to be cumbersome, yup.

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Re:The Modern Java Platform – 2021 Edition by ralmidani on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @05:13PM (#26496847)

I didn’t mean to imply that XML was preferable to YAML. I meant that neither is Turing Complete, so using either for dependencies and config is likely to be cumbersome. YAML looks nicer, and if you’re not using a decent IDE, you’re less likely to mess up with closing tags, etc., but that’s about it.

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