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Re:What Is Wrong with TOML? by nonethewiser on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @12:23PM (#37498772)
> Having a visual way to configure this makes it much more accessible to non-programmers

I agree completely but thats not the point he appears to be making making. He never stated this was the use case and he reiterated that it was a bad idea which should never be done.

Regardless, I’m saying those arent really unique advantages to excel. They just look unique compared to json, toml, yaml, etc.

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Re:What Is Wrong with TOML? by hot_gril on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @03:01PM (#37500331)
I can't think of any data entry method more easily understood by non-programmers than an Excel spreadsheet (or Google Sheets etc). Repetitive data in particular is a breeze since you can drag-expand and use formulas. We use GSheets at work for configs created by non-programmers, and it works great.
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Re:What Is Wrong with TOML? by nonethewiser on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @09:20PM (#37503766)
What is your point? You can see from my previous comment I already agree excel is user friendly for non programmers.
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Re:What Is Wrong with TOML? by hot_gril on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @10:07PM (#37504094)
The user-friendliness is a unique advantage of Excel.
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