--- title: Ansible is a Lisp | daily.dev description: Ansible is a homoiconic language, similar to Lisp, where code and data have the same form. Ansible also has syntactic macros and can execute YAML files. It... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ansible-is-a-lisp-0h73kbyon twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ansible is a Lisp | daily.dev og:description: Ansible is a homoiconic language, similar to Lisp, where code and data have the same form. Ansible also has syntactic macros and can execute YAML files. It... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ansible-is-a-lisp-0h73kbyon og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0H73kbYoN.png og:image:alt: Ansible is a Lisp og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ansible is a Lisp **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 6 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ansible is a homoiconic language, similar to Lisp, where code and data have the same form. Ansible also has syntactic macros and can execute YAML files. It provides JSON templating and allows for the generation of syntax with tasks. These macros are non-hygenic, and Ansible can be considered a 'spiritual' Lisp. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#ansible](https://daily.dev/tags/ansible), [#lisp](https://daily.dev/tags/lisp) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ansible-is-a-lisp-0h73kbyon) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Ansible is a Lisp","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ansible-is-a-lisp-0h73kbyon","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ansible-is-a-lisp-0h73kbyon"},"datePublished":"2024-05-02T07:37:32.825Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:06:08.895Z","description":"Ansible is a homoiconic language, similar to Lisp, where code and data have the same form. Ansible also has syntactic macros and can execute YAML files. It...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--qPvKM23u--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2009","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--qPvKM23u--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2009","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/ansible-is-a-lisp-0h73kbyon","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ansible,lisp","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ansible is a Lisp"}]} ```