The “bikeshedding over syntax” issue misses an important point from the post: > [I]n many ways, XML and XSLT are better than an ad-hoc YAML based scripting lan

The “bikeshedding over syntax” issue misses an important point from the post: > [I]n many ways, XML and XSLT are better than an ad-hoc YAML based scripting language. XSLT is a documented and standardized thing, not just some ad-hoc format for specifying execution. Standardization and reliable documentation really is an important risk mitigation compared to a “widespread” convention in YAML that might disappear (and even become confusing to new developers) if some new YAML-based API becomes more popular. In many cases this stability will not be worth the annoyances of XML, but it’s not a trivial concern.