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Or, maybe, our tools should evolve with an eye on how they are actually being used. JSON/YAML/TOML/INI are all intended to store arbitrary data structures, and
by matt4077 10y ago
Or, maybe, our tools should evolve with an eye on how they are actually being used. JSON/YAML/TOML/INI are all intended to store arbitrary data structures, and are all required to be written and read by algorithms. It doesn't make sense to split that world into "these are usually created/consumed only by software" and "these are for humans".
- maxxxxx 10y agoThis whole thing is just a variation of the "you aren't doing it right" syndrome. Be it Scrum, OO, FP, XML, JSON, whenever you criticize one of them people will tell you "this is not what it was intended for" even though a lot of people use it that way.
- Spivak 10y agoBut the more valid form of this argument is "not the right tool for the job". Trying to be all encompassing is how we wound up with XML.