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No need to defend XML. XML stands the test of time. Yaml has become the evil it was meant to replace. If XML had-had a command line structured editor at the be
by nerpderp82 6y ago
No need to defend XML. XML stands the test of time. Yaml has become the evil it was meant to replace.
If XML had-had a command line structured editor at the beginning and integrated with JS a little bit better, it wouldn't have ever fall from grace.
It pains me that json doesn't have comments, and that so much energy has been expended basically getting JSON to the tooling and conformance support that XML already had.
- Aloha 6y agoI like XML, I hand write a ton of XML at work, I like it because I consider it to have some built in sanity checking, its something that is obvious even when using an text editor if its correct or not.
- arethuza 6y agoMost editors these days will do similar checking of JSON syntax and a lot do checking against JSON Schema as well if you have one handy.
- aspaceman 6y agoI also like XML. Getting XML instead of JSON implemented at work is a damn pain in the ass though. I work in GPU research, and the appeal of JSON over XML to a underknowledgable PI is immense. I think it comes from being able to read it pretty easily as a non-technical person.
- ptx 6y agoIn what way would you have liked to see the JS integration improved? I was surprised recently to find out that the browser API doesn't provide a streaming parser for XML, but it doesn't do that for JSON either, so that one at least is a draw.
- Marazan 6y agoE4X
- sergeykish 6y agoHave you checked the API? It was horrible.
- Marazan 6y agoI used it in Actionscript 3. I liked it.