Why not X?

There are a number of formats and approaches that can achieve more or less the same purpose as StrictYAML. Below is a series of comparisons with some of the more famous ones:

• Why avoid using environment variables as configuration?
• Why not use HJSON?
• Why not HOCON?
• Why not use INI files?
• Why not use JSON Schema for validation?
• Why not JSON for simple configuration files?
• Why not JSON5?
• Why not use the YAML 1.2 standard? - we don't need a new standard!
• Why not use kwalify with standard YAML to validate my YAML?
• Why not use Python's schema library (or similar) for validation?
• Why not use SDLang?
• What is wrong with TOML?
• Why shouldn't I just use Python code for configuration?
• Why not use XML for configuration or DSLs?

If you'd like to write or link to a rebuttal to any argument raised here, feel free to raise a ticket.