Part of the challenge is that I haven't seen a generally accepted language that succinctly describes what arrays do. If I had it to say again I would have said arrays are Puppet's only available declarative multiplier.
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:21 AM, jcbollinger <john.bollin...@stjude.org>wrote: > > > 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. > > -- 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.
