Higml

Dev tools

config file format

SHOW HN2010

5points
3comments
#184of 370 in 2010
Top 50%of 2010 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 1 comments about the project.

Idea: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

Objections

  • Another config file format is unnecessary given YAML, JSON, XML and others

    From 1 comment
    • I'm not sure what the world needs is another config file format. What's the impetus behind reinventing the wheel for the 400th time? Between YAML, JSON, XML, and the 40000 other…
      kissproof on HN

Requests

  • Clearer documentation of purpose and advantage

    From 2 comments
    • The maker's post
    • Tonight I finally extracted this from a project I'm working on. I'm not really sure how to describe what it does. In the readme I have "Higml is a terse format for converting an…
      nonrecursive on HN

Questions

  • What is the advantage over existing config formats?

    From 1 comment
    • I'm not sure what the world needs is another config file format. What's the impetus behind reinventing the wheel for the 400th time? Between YAML, JSON, XML, and the 40000 other…
      kissproof on HN

Alternatives named

  • YAML, JSON, XML

    From 1 comment
    • I'm not sure what the world needs is another config file format. What's the impetus behind reinventing the wheel for the 400th time? Between YAML, JSON, XML, and the 40000 other…
      kissproof on HN

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