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> Language JSON is only a data _format_, not a language. I agree it's awful for maintaining configs. YAML has issues with the more complex parts of its spec,
by wgj 4y ago
> Language
JSON is only a data _format_, not a language. I agree it's awful for maintaining configs.
YAML has issues with the more complex parts of its spec, but it's great for the stuff JSON gets used for.
- scubbo 4y agoWhat is the distinction between a data format and a data/configuration language? (It's clearly not a programming language, but that wasn't the claim)
- kelnos 4y agoI've started liking TOML quite a bit. I am so tired of getting bitten by YAML's weird parsing behaviors. I still sometimes forget to quote strings, and then end up having the string "no" get interpreted as a boolean "false", and then spend an embarrassing amount of time confused as to what's going on.