Python as a Configuration Language Using Starlark
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The article explores using Starlark, a language inspired by Python, as a configuration language, and the discussion touches on its potential applications and comparisons to other configuration languages.
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Starlark can result in much more concise and flexible config. It does require extra work on the part of the developers who are writing the code (to read the config), but it can make things easier for end users writing the config.