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Why YAML sucks? (programming.dev)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by heikkiket@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev
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I feel that Yaml sucks. I understand the need for such markup language but I think it sucks. Somehow it's clunky to use. Can you explain why?

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[โ€“] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

For those highly complex situations is Lua still viewed as the ideal solution? Lua is sort of legendary for game configuration and seems to strike a good expressiveness/accessibility balance for modders and the casually technical.

[โ€“] hallettj@leminal.space 1 points 3 months ago

I think it depends. Lua is great for scripting - like when X happens do Y. I agree that makes sense for a case like Home Assistant. Sometimes you really want the result to be a data structure, not an interactive program, in which case I think more sophisticated configuration (as opposed to scripting) languages might be better.