I think the problem is JSON. Because JSON is tied so strongly to Javascript it tends to be very ugly in any other language. I think we need a simplified (and mo

I think the problem is JSON. Because JSON is tied so strongly to Javascript it tends to be very ugly in any other language. I think we need a simplified (and more concise) alternative to JSON that more closely matches the way languages that aren't Javascript work. E.g. most JSON APIs don't send arrays of primitive types (numbers, strings) around, but allowing for them makes implementing JSON nicely in non-JS languages decidedly uglier. JSON's quoting of symbols is just inefficient (it's not any other language's fault that Javascript's set of reserved words is bizarre, and in any case no-one should be "eval"ing JSON these days.)