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Why YAML sucks?

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I feel that Yaml sucks. I understand the need for such markup language but I think it sucks. Somehow it’s clunky to use. Can you explain why?

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cosmicbytes@programming.dev
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I wish s-expression was a popular alternative. It’s readable without the yaml issues.

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NostraDavid@programming.dev
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Someone’s working on a standard! https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-rivest-sexp/

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