> Seems like you're criticizing it just because it's different from what you're used to.
This is a valid criticism. There are already widely-used data formats; if you do something different it should be justified.
This is a valid criticism. There are already widely-used data formats; if you do something different it should be justified.
But in any case Dhall does actually follow a norm rather closely, just a different norm than the grandparent is used to. Namely, ML and other functional languages/research. Which makes sense since Dhall is a product of that community.