> But very few actually want to put on the enormous amount of work needed to improve YAML or create a new language. No need to create a new language: S-express

> But very few actually want to put on the enormous amount of work needed to improve YAML or create a new language. No need to create a new language: S-expressions have existed for longer than I’ve been alive. > IMO if there was something that was substantially better, we would see projects switching to it in a heartbeat. I disagree. Path-dependence is a real issue, as are local maxima. > the effort to make any kind of switch so you can shorten Norway It’s not so that one can shorten Norway; it’s to avoid silent errors (like the Excel-gene issue). Fortunately, this particular bug no longer exists in the current YAML spec.