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Curious on why they chose an XML-like syntax rather than something like JSON
by ericcholis 11y ago
Curious on why they chose an XML-like syntax rather than something like JSON
- chillacy 11y agoXML is a markup language that can describe formatted document structure well, json is best suited for things like data. For instance, this would be pretty painful to describe in json: <p>Hello, <strong>dave</strong></p> Conversely, this is pretty painful to describe in XML: <pair> <key>name</key> <value type="string">dave</value> </pair>
- ericcholis 11y agoGood point, forgot about the display portion of this application