← Back to context Comment by baq 5 months ago XML is a big improvement over YAML.There, I said it. 3 comments baq Reply bigstrat2003 5 months ago YAML is great. For simple configuration files. For anything more complex it gets gnarly quick, but honestly? If I need a config file for a script I'm writing I will reach for YAML every time. It really is amazing for that use case. alabastervlog 5 months ago I find yaml tolerable for cases where ini would have been just as good. Anything else, and… no, it’s bad. pezezin 5 months ago CSV encoded in EBCDIC is an improvement over YAML. God what an awful format...
bigstrat2003 5 months ago YAML is great. For simple configuration files. For anything more complex it gets gnarly quick, but honestly? If I need a config file for a script I'm writing I will reach for YAML every time. It really is amazing for that use case. alabastervlog 5 months ago I find yaml tolerable for cases where ini would have been just as good. Anything else, and… no, it’s bad.
alabastervlog 5 months ago I find yaml tolerable for cases where ini would have been just as good. Anything else, and… no, it’s bad.
YAML is great. For simple configuration files. For anything more complex it gets gnarly quick, but honestly? If I need a config file for a script I'm writing I will reach for YAML every time. It really is amazing for that use case.
I find yaml tolerable for cases where ini would have been just as good. Anything else, and… no, it’s bad.
CSV encoded in EBCDIC is an improvement over YAML. God what an awful format...