I can't believe this far into the new century anyone still thinks sticking stuff into XML that should really be in code is a good idea.
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Replying to @PLTAlaindeB
@PLTAlaindeB OTOH, sticking stuff that should be declarative into Turing-complete code is obviously also a bad idea1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PLTAlaindeB
@PLTAlaindeB@msimoni Eh. Code should have "data dialects", I think is the right phrasing. Configuration often draws a declarative picture.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @BrianTRice
@BrianTRice Not sure I buy that. "It's just configuration" was the excuse that gave us all these XML DSLs in the first place. /cc@msimoni2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PLTAlaindeB
@PLTAlaindeB@BrianTRice@msimoni Problems arise because the more you try to do with configuration the more like programming it becomes.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@PLTAlaindeB @BrianTRice @msimoni At some point it's no longer configuration: a broken PL written in XML.
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