[brianleroux]

To summarize: a three line .arc file yields a 700+ CloudFormation YAML document. Let me know if you have any more questions!

[stingraycharles]

This is just not true. The discussion is about the syntax (.arc vs yaml), not the information it contains.

[brianleroux]

it's precisely true; but I get your gist. if you enjoy writing that much cloudformation then by all means have a good time!

[stingraycharles]

I don’t think you get my gist about syntax vs information. I can express the same data in a different format, in the same way that JSON and YAML can often be transformed into each other.

You are pulling a straw man by implying that requires much cloudformation, which is completely unrelated. Besides, CF is a good example of how you can use two different syntax to describe the same information.

[abiox]

> I don’t think you get my gist

if so, leading with "just not true" contributed to this (which seems like a non-sequitur if you're not saying the claim is false)

[motogpjimbo]

The format of a configuration file has no relation to the output of the program that parses it. Why are you being so obtuse about this? Your three-line arc file would be a three line YAML file. Stop doubling down on this nonsense.

[devxpy]

exactly