From: kevin_mcconnell@... (Kevin M)
Date: 2004-05-05T12:38:59+09:00
Subject: Re: YAML vs. Marshal

> >wouldn't that be soap?  ;-)  i hate xml, but this would be wheel reinvention
> >for sure...
> >  
> Reinvention?  YAML is already a serialization language.  All we're 
> talking about is providing a bytecode to allow efficiency where 
> readability isn't needed.

I certainly think it would be cool to have both formats -- both
functionally equivalent, but one being faster and the other being a
lot handier for debugging.

Maybe it's not so much reinventing the wheel, as constructing a
unicycle... :-)

  Kevin