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YAML (a recursive acronym for "YAML Ain't Markup Language") Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML. Also https://yaml.org
by tofflos 6y ago
YAML (a recursive acronym for "YAML Ain't Markup Language")
Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML. Also https://yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html https://yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html.
- djhaskin987 6y agoIt didn't used to be: https://yaml.org/spec/history/2001-08-01.html https://yaml.org/spec/history/2001-08-01.html However I must admit some surprise at learning that even before 2010 they changed to the recursive acronym. I was still calling it yet another markup language even back then. I thought anything back then was yet another if it started with ya, like YaST from SuSE (yet another setup tool).
- mrgalaxy 6y agoWow I always thought it was "Yet Another Markup Language". It's crazy that they would change to be literally opposite of the original name. From the wikipedia article: > but it was then repurposed as YAML Ain't Markup Language, a recursive acronym, to distinguish its purpose as data-oriented, rather than document markup. I mean couldn't it be both data-oriented and a markup language?