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> We stop calling the useful ones “DSLs” so this is a truism. Bingo! Lua was born as a DSL for configuration files. Today is way more than that. JSON was bor
by diego_moita 3y ago
> We stop calling the useful ones “DSLs” so this is a truism.
Bingo!
Lua was born as a DSL for configuration files. Today is way more than that.
JSON was born as a DSL for describing data, a less verbose alternative to XML. It is more than that.
- AtlasBarfed 3y agoIt should be a rule that all mature configuration languages become turning complete
- eternityforest 3y agoJSON never got new features. We just made new things around it. Which is why it's amazing for data interchange and obnoxious to directly interact with by hand.