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Any configuration will eventually become a programming language.

See The Configuration Complexity Clock. https://mikehadlow.blogspot.com/2012/05/configuration-comple...



Just because it's common doesn't mean it should be encouraged by writing your config in native code to begin with.

INI is still simple, and JSON doesn't support logic, so the madness can be held at bay at least for a time.

XML and s-expressions are lost causes, though.




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