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bogwog
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The Yaml document from hell
XML is too much of a pain to write by hand.
wombatpm
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XML is like violence. If it’s not solving your problem, you need to use more
tetraca
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XML is pretty tolerable with a slightly more sophisticated editor that supports completion. The things that make YAML awful never get any better.
jimmaswell
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Throw in copilot to anticipate all the boilerplate and repetition for you and it's downright pleasant.
berniedurfee
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It’s not that bad really. About the same as HTML, yet more difficult to mess up.
Has comments, unlike JSON.
More difficult to mess up than YAML.
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