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---
title: Why not use SDLang?
---
[SDLang](http://sdlang.org/) or "simple declarative language" is a proposed configuration language with an XML-like structure inspired by C.
Example:
```
// This is a node with a single string value
title "Hello, World"
// Multiple values are supported, too
bookmarks 12 15 188 1234
// Nodes can have attributes
author "Peter Parker" email="peter@example.org" active=true
// Nodes can be arbitrarily nested
contents {
section "First section" {
paragraph "This is the first paragraph"
paragraph "This is the second paragraph"
}
}
// Anonymous nodes are supported
"This text is the value of an anonymous node!"
// This makes things like matrix definitions very convenient
matrix {
1 0 0
0 1 0
0 0 1
}
```
Advantages:
- Relatively more straightforward than other serialization languages.
Disadvantages:
- Syntax typing - leading to noisy syntax.
- The distinction between properties and values is not entirely clear.
- Instead of having one obvious way to describe property:value mappings
- Niche
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