anchor.diff:  
   This approach is the most promising since the full expressive power of Lua can be harnessed to create a DSL specifically for Moss.
   Syntax checking is provided by the Lua compiler itself. Additional checks can be built through careful creation of the DSL definition functions.
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  +As an alternative, YAML files could be used as a way to create table and variable definitions with a very compact and readable syntax.
  +A special gnumake extension (e.g. `$(yaml ...)`) could then be created to load YAML files as namespaced variable definitions.
  +Table and template definition could then be expressed almost fully in YAML files.
  +Final table composition for artifact definition would still take place in makefiles.
   
   == Dependency Generation
   
  
positive.code: 
  This approach leads to significant duplication and requires that the group is 'registered' using a global list (`M.spores` in this case).
  
  Another approach is a more traditional structure definition that can automatically be expanded into individual makefile variables using pattern replacement.
  
  [source,makefile]
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  This eliminates much of the duplication and is fairly readable.
  No registration variable is required to register these tables.
  They can simply be discovered by name using the path-style prefix.
  
  Error handling may be more difficult or cryptic, since evaluating the definition won't allow a specific line to be cited if make encounters a syntax error.
  