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		mudrockbestgirl on Nov 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: HCL is the fastest growing language according to t... HCL isn't even a language. It's a tool to create languages. From the official docs: > HCL is a toolkit for creating structured configuration languages that are both human- and machine-friendly, for use with command-line tools. All the (Hashicorp) tools that use a HCL-based language actually have their own language with slightly different features and syntax, based on HCL. I wanted to adopt HCL for my own project at some point, but then I realized it's not that easy because it isn't a language you can just use.

hamandcheese on Nov 11, 2022 [–]

What does the L in HCL stand for?

throwup on Nov 11, 2022 | [–]

The same thing as the L in HTML.

mkl on Nov 11, 2022 | | [–]

HTML is a markup language. Why isn't HCL a configuration language if its name says it is? (I know nothing about HCL.)

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