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Is nesting in JSON more complex than nesting in sexpr? I feel like it should be possible to translate from valid JSON to valid sexpr with a regexp parser (just
by afiori 7y ago
Is nesting in JSON more complex than nesting in sexpr?
I feel like it should be possible to translate from valid JSON to valid sexpr with a regexp parser (just match parenthesis and stuff)
> There are too many "yes buts" in the living standard.
I am not an expert and do not want to sound dismissive, but I feel like most of those "yes buts" are a solution to otherwise incompatible implementations. I fail to see where S-expressions have an advantage here. Is there a widely recognized standard that most implementations respect?