[Catalyst] YAML vs. *

[Andrew Ford]

Wade.Stuart at fallon.com wrote:
>
>
> Ok I will bite,  I fail to see how anyone that has used perl for any period
> of time does not know how to parse and write YAML. It was designed to be
> human readable for non coders -- so even non perl coders should be able to
> gain the concept quickly (without needed to understand how the data is
> stashed
> when it is loaded.  Any other config format we would use would be hard
> pressed
> to match YAML for those two points.
>
> Is YAML not as ubiquitous in the perl community as I think it is?
>
>
>   
But the people who have to maintain the configuration files aren't 
necessarily going to be coders (of perl or any other language).

Andrew

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