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		mikl on Aug 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cue – A language for defining, generating, and val... Less footguns, built-in validation, strong types. Me gusta.

ptest1 on Sept 1, 2019 [–]

So..why not use XML?

tempo33 on Sept 1, 2019 | | [–]

Because while XML has types and schemas, the actual implementation and ergonomics is absolute garbage. Those things matter to intelligent people.

__david__ on Sept 1, 2019 | | [–]

So that humans eyes don't bleed when they try to read it.

One of the things they bring up in the docs is lessening boilerplate. And it's hard to get more boilerplatey than XML.

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