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Direct mapping to most (dynamic) programming languages' datatypes, such as arrays, dictionaries, numbers and strings. Once you get used to working with a combi
by kennu 16y ago
Direct mapping to most (dynamic) programming languages' datatypes, such as arrays, dictionaries, numbers and strings.
Once you get used to working with a combination like JSON and Python, you really don't want to go back to the complexity and inconvenience of parsing and generating XML.
- d0m 16y agoBut still, deprecating XML means lots of already functional apps won't work anymore. Maybe a "All new app registered after X date will only be able to use JSON formatted data" would be better.
- simonw 16y agoThey're not ditching XML for their regular APIs, just for the streaming API - which has been in beta for just a few months, and probably doesn't have that many XML clients (I imagine Twitter looked at the number of requests the XML endpoint was getting before deciding to deprecate it).