I had the distinct pleasure (?) of owning the C++, Python, and Java implementations of that config for a while and ... yeah, it had some positives, but the fact

I had the distinct pleasure (?) of owning the C++, Python, and Java implementations of that config for a while and ... yeah, it had some positives, but the fact that it had two orthogonal hierarchies of configuration in addition to implementation-specific feature gaps and nuances made it something of a nightmare in practice.