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Re:The YAML Document from Hell by bogwog on Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:09AM (#34355657)
XML is too much of a pain to write by hand.
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Re:The YAML Document from Hell by wombatpm on Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:22AM (#34355897)
XML is like violence. If it’s not solving your problem, you need to use more
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Re:The YAML Document from Hell by berniedurfee on Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:25AM (#34355962)
It’s not that bad really. About the same as HTML, yet more difficult to mess up.

Has comments, unlike JSON.

More difficult to mess up than YAML.

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Re:The YAML Document from Hell by tetraca on Thursday January 12, 2023 @12:47PM (#34357568)
XML is pretty tolerable with a slightly more sophisticated editor that supports completion. The things that make YAML awful never get any better.
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Re:The YAML Document from Hell by jimmaswell on Thursday January 12, 2023 @02:01PM (#34358689)
Throw in copilot to anticipate all the boilerplate and repetition for you and it's downright pleasant.
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