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It reminds me of Ant configuration files. They have loops and if else:

  <for list="a,b,c,d,e" param="letter">
    <sequential>
      <echo>Letter @{letter}</echo>
    </sequential>
  </for>
I call it The Devil's Lisp :).



Man, I'm not from the Java world, but these days I had to deal with it for a project and had to mess with ant builds, which I have never dealt with before. I was totally baffled. I just do not understand why would anyone subject themselfs to such levels of pain.


I take it you haven't seen EJB2.

Let's just say that it was a more brutal age, and we were more accustomed to such horrors. :)


oh, then you'll love terraform.


At least what you're writing down in Terraform is not actually a procedure.




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