The Register forum: Behold, the world's most popular programming language

tag:theregister.com,2005:feed/forum/theregister.com/2018/11/19/popular_programming_language_yaml/ The Register forum: Behold, the world's most popular programming language – and it is...wait, er, YAML?!? 2019-08-04T09:59:05Z Copyright © 2025, Situation Publishing Ltd. Team Register (and a cast of thousands of forum denizens) [email protected] https://www.theregister.com/odds/about/contact/ https://www.theregister.com/Design/graphics/icons/favicon.png https://www.theregister.com/Design/graphics/Reg_default/The_Register_r.png tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3841332 2019-08-04T09:59:05Z "of course it's not an actual programming language where you can write loops and stuff." Law https://forums.theregister.com/user/4389/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3725367 2019-02-25T11:53:57Z XML Tutorial - Stoodq.com shalini01 https://forums.theregister.com/user/92153/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3665587 2018-11-28T18:31:05Z Re: Proppa language bruv Michael Wojcik https://forums.theregister.com/user/14593/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3665581 2018-11-28T18:20:27Z Re: No and yes [Was: HTML-only calculator?] Michael Wojcik https://forums.theregister.com/user/14593/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3663550 2018-11-26T22:04:54Z Re: Go, a scripting language?? Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3663318 2018-11-26T18:01:45Z "according to devops biz Datree.io" Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3663317 2018-11-26T17:02:19Z Re: Go, a scripting language?? Glen 1 https://forums.theregister.com/user/32537/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3663079 2018-11-26T13:27:35Z Re: One argument in YAML's favour: a good DIFF Buzzword https://forums.theregister.com/user/43872/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3661746 2018-11-23T11:40:33Z Re: everything YAML-fied? [just, no] Potemkine! https://forums.theregister.com/user/84912/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3660617 2018-11-21T22:06:29Z Re: No and yes [Was: HTML-only calculator?] Glen 1 https://forums.theregister.com/user/32537/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3660607 2018-11-21T21:36:20Z Re: Proppa language bruv Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3660592 2018-11-21T21:18:10Z No Title Glen 1 https://forums.theregister.com/user/32537/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3660322 2018-11-21T16:59:05Z Re: YAML aint markup language DropBear https://forums.theregister.com/user/63186/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3660302 2018-11-21T16:57:56Z Re: Yet another DropBear https://forums.theregister.com/user/63186/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3660416 2018-11-21T16:28:23Z Re: Whitespace Charlie Clark https://forums.theregister.com/user/2125/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3660412 2018-11-21T16:24:42Z Re: Whitespace Charlie Clark https://forums.theregister.com/user/2125/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3660351 2018-11-21T15:27:43Z Re: Proppa language bruv Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3660348 2018-11-21T15:18:33Z ...BREAKING NEWS... Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3660312 2018-11-21T14:36:28Z Re: Whitespace HieronymusBloggs https://forums.theregister.com/user/77650/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3660239 2018-11-21T13:32:24Z Re: Whitespace Charlie Clark https://forums.theregister.com/user/2125/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3660106 2018-11-21T11:47:49Z No Title John Styles https://forums.theregister.com/user/7216/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3660051 2018-11-21T11:06:54Z Re: BAL Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3660000 2018-11-21T10:20:37Z YAML aint markup language imanidiot https://forums.theregister.com/user/57104/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659979 2018-11-21T09:53:32Z Re: Yet another Alister https://forums.theregister.com/user/42789/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659977 2018-11-21T09:52:05Z GitHub private repo's? Steve Davies 3 https://forums.theregister.com/user/32962/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659975 2018-11-21T09:50:41Z Re: until very recently Alister https://forums.theregister.com/user/42789/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659855 2018-11-21T05:24:01Z Re: The ghost of John Backus would like a quiet word MacroRodent https://forums.theregister.com/user/3794/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659808 2018-11-21T01:27:42Z Re: At least one language uses yaml Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659789 2018-11-20T23:52:36Z Re: Yet another John Brown (no body) https://forums.theregister.com/user/42875/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659780 2018-11-20T23:34:43Z El Reg just keeps getting weirder by the day Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659774 2018-11-20T23:21:59Z Re: RedNotebook Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659769 2018-11-20T23:11:19Z Re: everything YAML-fied? [just, no] Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659760 2018-11-20T23:04:04Z Speaking of programming language definitions arctic_haze https://forums.theregister.com/user/61303/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659751 2018-11-20T22:48:47Z No Title Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659749 2018-11-20T22:43:00Z Re: Go, a scripting language?? Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659726 2018-11-20T22:06:12Z No Title Eeep ! https://forums.theregister.com/user/30771/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659704 2018-11-20T21:25:45Z Re: Makes me pine for the days of XML... Long John Brass https://forums.theregister.com/user/1977/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659683 2018-11-20T20:45:06Z Re: One argument in YAML's favour: a good DIFF Ken Hagan https://forums.theregister.com/user/5266/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659682 2018-11-20T20:43:16Z No Title Ken Hagan https://forums.theregister.com/user/5266/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659672 2018-11-20T20:27:58Z Re: Makes me pine for the days of XML... Ken Hagan https://forums.theregister.com/user/5266/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659659 2018-11-20T19:53:09Z Re: Makes me pine for the days of XML... John Gamble https://forums.theregister.com/user/9405/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659650 2018-11-20T19:25:25Z No Title Fruit and Nutcase https://forums.theregister.com/user/65509/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659632 2018-11-20T18:51:50Z Re: Whitespace Orv https://forums.theregister.com/user/8216/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659629 2018-11-20T18:44:40Z Re: Makes me pine for the days of XML... Orv https://forums.theregister.com/user/8216/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659608 2018-11-20T18:07:05Z Re: Apples and oranges comparison doublelayer https://forums.theregister.com/user/88136/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659605 2018-11-20T18:02:24Z Re: HTML-only calculator? I don't think so steelpillow https://forums.theregister.com/user/80586/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659603 2018-11-20T17:56:13Z Re: until very recently PerlyKing https://forums.theregister.com/user/43673/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659589 2018-11-20T17:29:30Z Re: No and yes [Was: HTML-only calculator?] JLV https://forums.theregister.com/user/63202/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659555 2018-11-20T16:39:38Z Re: Whitespace Tom 7 https://forums.theregister.com/user/31859/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/3659525 2018-11-20T16:15:53Z Re: HTML-only calculator? I don't think so Anonymous Coward