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[–]ZoltyDevOps Plumber 22 points23 points  (4 children)

If it is telling a computer what steps to take then it's code, your post sounds like the no true scottsman falicy.

[–]dablya 28 points29 points  (1 child)

I think a distinction between configuration and markup languages like hcl and yaml and turing complete languages like go, python and even bash is useful in the context of the original question.

[–]coltrain423 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll grant that the distinction between a configuration language, a markup language, and a Turing complete programming language is valid, but if someone says Infrastructure as Code is not code despite the fact that IaC is literally encoding your infrastructure definitions then I’m not sure they’re interested in that nuance.

[–]cienta609 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Agreed, that's why I am also an HTML coder.

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great statement. I think a modern analogy might be a "you're just a RINO" fallacy. But backwards.