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		baq 12 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dear GitHub: no YAML anchors, please YAML is neither declarative nor imperative. It's just a tree (or graph, with references) serialization to text.

ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 12 days ago [–]

I didn't say anything about YAML? Also, I think the term "declarative configuration" has drifted to mean different things over time depending on where it is used.

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