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yaml is not a language. it's a serialization format.

this thing here is a language that serializes into yaml. there are zero benefits of using it except perhaps 'it is yaml so i don't have to compile my configuration'.

note that xml with xslt would have handle it better.




> there are zero benefits of using it

There are many, many benefits from having steps defined in a restrictive, tightly-controlled language that doesn't require sandboxing.

There are also many benefits to not using XML and XSLT, not least of all user experience.


Well, you don't have to write a parser. The parser is already written for you (yaml parser). But I have no idea why that'd be an advantage, especially for Google, they surely know how to write a parser...




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