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XML is very often the least bad format (compared with ASN.1, JSON, X12 EDI, CSV, and other interchange formats), particularly when dealing with statically typed

XML is very often the least bad format (compared with ASN.1, JSON, X12 EDI, CSV, and other interchange formats), particularly when dealing with statically typed languages. XML is a horrid chimera of SGML but at least it is both human readable, subject to machine validation, and gets the job done.

cptskippy 10y ago
Oh EDI... you made me shudder.
- einhverfr 10y ago
  No experience with ASN.1?
  - cptskippy 10y ago
    Nope. I ran into EDI when I was doing an integration for a JIT Hub that had to integrate with Hitachi and Seagate inventory systems. It was pretty awful to work with but the protocol was rock solid.