Ha, Ansible parses and 'executes' YAML files using Python, but not before passing them (repeatedly?) through a template library (Jinja2) originally designed to

Ha, Ansible parses and 'executes' YAML files using Python, but not before passing them (repeatedly?) through a template library (Jinja2) originally designed to produce HTML pages. They even came up with a way to write for loops in YAML... What I'm trying to say is that sometimes great software is written using (in some people's opinion) terrible technology. Not everything needs to be written in idiomatic Haskell or Rust. Personally I have to say that I started writing more bash scripts again recently, I even wrote one that interfaces with the GPIO ports on a Raspberry Pi. Works like a charm, is concise and (I find) also quite readable: https://gist.github.com/adewes/7a4c20a5a7379e19d78ba54521d3dc7d https://gist.github.com/adewes/7a4c20a5a7379e19d78ba54521d3d... But then again I'm also a person who enjoys Perl, so maybe it is time for me to be banished to a lonely island :D