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Needs a [2005] (I was a bit puzzled by the dated XML enthusiasm)
by jjgreen 6y ago
Needs a [2005] (I was a bit puzzled by the dated XML enthusiasm)
- pmoriarty 6y agoIf you read deeper you'll see he's actually not enthusiastic about XML, but only about tree-structured data, and is well aware of the drawbacks of XML, which is why he's actually advocating sexp's.
- rst 6y agoAlso explains the lack of references to (currently) obvious alternatives like JSON or YAML.
- db48x 6y agoXML, JSON, and YAML are all alternatives to s-expressions. And s-expressions were invented first.
- dang 6y agoAdded. Thanks!