#229 - Ranting About Markup

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Cube Drone: LOOK - SPRING AND XSLT HAVE GONE A LONG WAY TO SHOW THAT "PROGRAMMING" IN XML IS A NIGHTMARE.

Cube Drone: SO THEN ANSIBLE COMES ALONG AND ASKS US TO CONFIGURE OUR SERVERS USING YET ANOTHER MARKUP LANGUAGE, EVEN THOUGH ANSIBLE IS JUST PYTHON, UNDER THE HOOD.
Cube Drone: THE PROBLEM WITH XML WASN'T THAT IT WAS TOO VERBOSE. IT WAS THAT IT WAS A MARKUP LANGUAGE!

Cube Drone: THE MINUTE YOU FIND YOURSELF WRITING A LOOP, OR - GOD FORBID - A CONDITIONAL IN A MARKUP LANGUAGE, THAT'S IT. GAME OVER. IT'S TIME TO GIVE UP AND BECOME A REMOTE MOUNTAIN HERMIT.

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