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A [recursive | RecursiveAcronym] [Acronym] for [YAML] __A__in't __M__arkup __L__anguage.

[YAML | http://www.yaml.org/] is supposed to be a straightforwardly parsable [Serialisation] format designed to be very human-readable, easy to implement, and computationally powerful. It is optimized for data [Serialisation], but was intended to be directly applicable for storing configuration settings, log files, Internet messaging and filtering. It uses the host languages' native data structures, has a consistent information model, and enables stream-based processing. Implementations are available for many ProgrammingLanguage~s, including [Java], JavaScript, [OCaml], [Perl], [PHP], [Python], [Ruby], and others more.

In recent times, the format has gotten very complex, and has acquired features that are somewhat tied to [Perl]. [JSON] is gaining in favour over it.

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Last edited on Monday, September 26, 2005 2:35:28 am by AristotlePagaltzis

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