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The very first paragraph of the Configuration Syntax documentation probably summarizes Hashicorp's stance on this.
I think there's also a large factor at play that Hashicorp has a whole fleet of tools, written in Go-lang, and having their own configuration language gives them complete control over the format from the ground up.
Tools that use HCL:
- Terraform
- Terraform-Bundle - a little helper script for pre-bundling terraform plugins
- Nomad
- Consul
- Vault
... and I'm sure there's others, by Hashicorp and the community at large.
Personally... I favour the JSON syntax for most projects since it allows me to quickly write tools that understand my configuration in almost any language... but as support for HCL expands, I definitely see some advantages to it's readability and the availability of the parser itself as an open source library.
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The DSL could be written in Lua as well. There are implementations specifically built for Golang integration.
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Hi @jtarchie,
This seems like a Terraform question more than an HCL question. If you'd like to discuss design decisions for Terraform, please do so over in Terraform's repository.
Thanks
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