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.
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...
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.