From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-05-05T01:35:34+09:00
Subject: Re: YAML vs. Marshal

why the lucky stiff wrote:
> Mostly you want to use YAML in place of Marshal if:
> * You need portable serialization.
> * You will be hand-editing your objects.
> * You need to read saved objects (for debugging).
> 
> YAML bytecode will only really solve the first of those.

Can you explain this to me? I sense some irony here. You're taking a
format which is renowned for making persistent objects readable in
plain text, and you're making it unreadable.

No flame intended. I like YAML, I use it all the time, and I appreciate
all your hard work.

But YAML bytecode does sound to me a bit like a step backward.

Reminds me a bit of the early days of Java:
1. Hey, let's make a virtual machine that's PROCESSOR INDEPENDENT!
2. Hey, let's make a new chip that will run this natively!

I don't know that they ever did, though.


Hal