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minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAlright, the YAML spec is a dang mess, that I’ll grant you, but it seems pretty easy for my human eyes to read and write. As for JSON – seriously? That’s probably the easiest to parse human-readable structured data format there is!
minus-squarevrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoit is anything but easy to read if your entire file does not fit on a single screen.
minus-squarevirku@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhat data format is easy to read if it fills more than the entire screen?
minus-squareRedex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI don’t know much apart from the basics of YAML, what makes it complicated for computers to parse?
Alright, the YAML spec is a dang mess, that I’ll grant you, but it seems pretty easy for my human eyes to read and write. As for JSON – seriously? That’s probably the easiest to parse human-readable structured data format there is!
it is anything but easy to read if your entire file does not fit on a single screen.
What data format is easy to read if it fills more than the entire screen?
I don’t know much apart from the basics of YAML, what makes it complicated for computers to parse?