On 30 Sep 2015 10:49 am, "Antti Kantee" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 30/09/15 08:15, Martin Lucina wrote: >> >> Have you considered simplifying the syntax even more? If we remove >> everything that's redundant your example from above becomes: >> >> === snip === >> version 20150928 >> >> create hw_coolbeans "Insert coolbeans descr here" >> assimilate hw_virtio >> remove -lrumpkern_sysproxy >> add /home/pooka/startmsg.o >> === snip === > > > Good idea. > > >> For prior art in this space, take a look at FireHOL, a firewall generator >> using a shell-based DSL for configuration: http://firehol.org/#firehol > > > I feel like I typed "look rock" in an old Sierra game. What, specifically, should I be looking at? It looks like a config file format, not particularly unlike the other 5000 I've encountered. > > >> Also, how about using the more conventional "include" or "import" instead >> of "assimilate"? > > > IMO "assimilate" conveys the operation because there is processing in addition to importing. But if "assimilate" bothers someone, we can change it. >
If it is "assimilate" the converse should probably be "exterminate".
