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Discussion on: YAML Tutorial: get started with YAML in 5 minutes

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Zalka Ernő

I'm not a beginner or a stupid one, but I did not get YAML syntax - until now, this is a good introduction.

Anyway, whenever I need a non-trivial data format, I choose XML. It's verbose, not sexy, not too comfortable to write - but if anyone takes a look on it, he or she will instantly understand the XML file.

For trivial data, I prefer
category.sub.name = value