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The author's complaint isn't really related to YAML or XML, it's his disdain that Ansible uses a data serialization language, instead of a full-blown programmin

• rdtsc 12y ago
  Another way to look at it though is the author wouldn't mind using either YAML or XML if Ansible scripts were fully declarative. Once the need for if conditions and for loops comes about, any configuration file language (or data transport) language is going to be a little awkward.
  • yen223 12y ago
    "Once the need for if conditions and for loops comes about, any configuration file language (or data transport) language is going to be a little awkward." Occasionally, it would spawn a whole new language: http://www.lua.org/ http://www.lua.org/