On Jun 9, 1:33 am, Sirtaj Singh Kang <sirtaj.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 08-Jun-11, at 9:31 PM, Brian Gallew wrote: > [snip] > > > > > See, there's the crux of the issue: arrays are *not* a method of > > looping. Puppet's DSL is declarative, not procedural (imperative). > > This isn't precisely true - every pure functional language I've seen > has some sort of list map and filter, otherwise nothing useful could > get done.
What do functional languages have to do with it? Puppet is not a functional language either. Indeed, Puppet DSL doesn't *do* anything -- rather, it *describes*. In particular, it describes system configurations. If you like, you can view your Puppet manifests as constituting metaconfiguration for the Puppet agent, but they are in no sense executable. That's the point. XML doesn't have a looping construct either, and its productive uses are legion. > IMHO there is a mismatch somewhere between the actual domain and the > DSL, but it's hard to identify precisely what it is. I can't rule out so vague an assertion, but Puppet DSL's domain model and overall architecture have always seemed on target to me. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
