Hacker News with Generative AI: Configuration Languages

Levels of configuration languages (tuxen.de)
Code is data and data is code. Years ago, I had a brief affair with Lisp and there I picked up this meme. Today, I believe there are also benefits in separating code and data.

Programming, Software, Data, Configuration Languages

75 points by kaycebasques 14 days ago | 67 comments

Show HN: I made Confetti: a configuration language file format (hgs3.me)
Confetti is a configuration language that blends the readability of Unix configuration files with the flexibility of S-expressions. It is minimalistic, untyped, and opinionated. Schema conformance is validated by the user application.

Configuration Languages, Programming Languages, Software, Open Source

67 points by hgs3 26 days ago | 61 comments

Why does Mill use Scala? (mill-build.org)
One question that comes up a lot among Mill users is why use Scala as the language to configure your build? Why not YAML, XML, TOML, Bash, Groovy, Python, Java, or any of the other hundred programming and configuration languages in widespread use today? Scala is definitely a niche language, but it also has some unique properties that make it especially suitable to be used for configuring the build system of a small or large project.

Scala, Build Tools, Programming Languages, Configuration Languages

73 points by lihaoyi 75 days ago | 75 comments

CCL: Categorical Configuration Language (chshersh.com)
CCL: Categorical Configuration Language — the most elegant configuration language

Configuration Languages, Software, Programming

97 points by SchwKatze 110 days ago | 38 comments

Adding algebraic data types to Nickel (tweag.io)
Our Nickel language is a configuration language. It’s also a functional programming language.

Programming Languages, Functional Programming, Configuration Languages

62 points by JNRowe 232 days ago | 21 comments

The Dhall Configuration Language (dhall-lang.org)
The Dhall configuration language is a programmable configuration language that you can think of as: JSON + functions + types + imports