> why not make the query language json itself? Simplifying a bit: a JSON document is a set of keys and values. a GraphQL document is a set of keys asking for v

> why not make the query language json itself? Simplifying a bit: a JSON document is a set of keys and values. a GraphQL document is a set of keys asking for values. If the query language was JSON, what would be used for values? Yeah, you can work around it but it would be working around what JSON is intended for.