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> you can use a simple, JSON-like language with comments for config. YAML can be employed as a simple JSON-like language with comments.

• crooked-v 8y ago
  > simple YAML is much, much more complicated than JSON.
  • hk__2 8y ago
    > simple YAML is much, much more complicated than JSON. Quoting a single word from the parent’s sentence is misleading. The sentence "YAML can be employed as a simple JSON-like language with comments." is true because JSON is YAML, so you can parse a JSON file with #-comments using a YAML parser.
    • skybrian 8y ago
      The parser is not simple, though, and that's what counts.
      • bdhess 8y ago
        Most YAML users don't need to look at the source for a YAML parser. I appreciate elegant simplicity, but I don't think parser complexity is the most important metric by which to judge a data interchange format.
        • skybrian 8y ago
          If you use a YAML parser to parse JSON-with-comments, it will accept many inputs that don't correspond to JSON-with-comments, and furthermore is likely to report syntax errors that don't make sense to a user who only knows JSON. So, this unnecessary parser complexity is a usability issue. You should use a parser for the config language you actually intend to support.