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A lot of YAML (jemmy.jeena.net)
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[–] FlaccidJim@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (5 children)

So I just looked it up, YAML is a programming language, that is “often used for writing configuration files.” Then I checked the group this was posted on, makes a lot more since now.

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago

It’s not a programming language.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

YAML is also a recursive acronym. It stands for YAML Ain't Markup Language.

[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it's Yet Another Markup Language

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Nope.

Edit: but TBF that would have made more sense

https://yaml.org/

[–] AlphaAutist@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I’ve been lied to

[–] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been fooled my whole life

[–] bufordt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

No, they changed it from yet another to yaml ain't.

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait… I thought it was “yet another markup language”

Is this another fucking Bearenstein/Mandala reality split?

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Whoa — I can’t believe YAML’s 22 years old

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's interesting!

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just had to go look that up. Yet Another just seems to make more sense, which is why I think a lot of people think that's what it stands for.

[–] bufordt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And because that was the original name. They retconned YAML Ain't.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, just learned that!

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

And you can use it on GNU Not Unix!

[–] mayoi@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes, lists of lists is my favorite programming language.

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 8 points 1 year ago

Sounds like Lisp.

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 2 points 1 year ago

The UX for knowing in which community something has been posted in is not very good here, I feel a lot of people have problems getting the context if you don't spell it out in the title.