YAML in Perl

YAML: YAML Ain't Markup Language is a text format that provides hierarchical data structures similar to JSON, but it is especially human readable.

examples/sample.yml

---
YAML: YAML Ain't Markup Language
Languages:
  - perl
  - python
  - javascript

It can be used for data serialization, though probbaly it is most often used for hierarchical configuration files.

YAML format allows the user to have key-value pair and list data structures.

Plenty of languages have YAML reader and write libraries.

In Perl the following libraries exist:

• YAML
• YAML::XS
• YAML::Syck
• YAML::Tiny
• YAML::Any

Other articles about YAML

• YAML vs YAML::XS inconsistencies (YAML::Syck and YAML::Tiny too)
• Reead YAML file (load YAMl)
• Write YAML file (save YAML)
• Counter example using YAML file to store the data

YAML in other languages

• YAML in other languages