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Against The Use Of Programming Languages in Configuration Files
- micktwomey 16y agoReddit also has a discussion going: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/fnorp/against_the_use_of_programming_languages_in/ http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/fnorp/against_t...
- timrobinson 16y agoIf a configuration language is Turing-incomplete, configuration files written in it can be validated “offline”, ie. without executing the program it configures This is exactly what I've been advocating recently. Less power is good, if it means you can validate your config files without first solving the halting problem.