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For a full year it stood for "Yet Another Markup Language". First draft: https://yaml.org/spec/history/2001-03-30.html https://yaml.org/spec/history/2001-03-30

For a full year it stood for "Yet Another Markup Language". First draft: https://yaml.org/spec/history/2001-03-30.html https://yaml.org/spec/history/2001-03-30.html Last draft calling it that: https://yaml.org/spec/history/2001-12-10.html https://yaml.org/spec/history/2001-12-10.html First draft with the new acronym: https://yaml.org/spec/history/2002-04-07.html https://yaml.org/spec/history/2002-04-07.html

xorcist 3y ago
It's also funny that the file extension YML is the successor of XML, so the rest is probably a backronym from that.
- thaumasiotes 3y ago
  Wouldn't the successor of XML be XMM?
  - mumblemumble 3y ago
    Next you'll be telling me Beyonce's sisters should be named Beyoncd and Beyoncf instead of Aeyonce and Ceyonce.
    - mvandermeulen 3y ago
      Feyonce can’t get anyone to believe she’s married and Vakira’s has astonishingly honest hips
  - dragonwriter 3y ago
    Judging from BCPL, the successor should just be Y.
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  The file extensions for yaml is .yaml, .yml is the alternative because of legacy 8.3 systems.