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That's the source that pressed it into service: JSON is exactly what it says it is: Javascript Object Notation. Specifically, it's a subset of javascript's, wel
by qwertyuiop924 10y ago
That's the source that pressed it into service: JSON is exactly what it says it is: Javascript Object Notation. Specifically, it's a subset of javascript's, well, object notation.
The point is, the syntax behind JSON was originally designed for a specific language, as a textual representation of that language's objects. It just happened to make a convenient serialization format.
- scarmig 10y agoJust to be technically correct, because that's the best way to be correct... JSON isn't a strict subset of JS. JSON strings can contain literal line terminators. JS strings cannot.