You just persist in failing to understand the issue > I think I speak for basically the entire history of programming when I say that ugly solutions exist and

You just persist in failing to understand the issue > I think I speak for basically the entire history of programming when I say that ugly solutions exist and are widely used throughout our profession. I can raise it to the level of the entire history of humanity when I say that people yearn for cleanliness and beauty > I never argued that this hack solves ugliness. Sure, because "you choose to ignore [the problem of ugliness] as such". People who share "my opinion" don't ignore that and use cleaner formats, so YAML is a solution that addresses the problem, your suggestion doesn't