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You will reinvent XML with uglier syntax, all while hurting yourself and Open Web. I've managed to somehow get into that argument before, so maybe there's somet
by deno 15y ago
You will reinvent XML with uglier syntax, all while hurting yourself and Open Web. I've managed to somehow get into that argument before, so maybe there's something worth reading there: [1], [2].
[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2623824 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2623824
[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2588606 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2588606
- arethuza 15y agoDon't get me wrong - I'm not an XML hater by any means it's just that JSON appeals to be as a syntax - possibly as I did Lisp development for a number of years and the relative similarity of JSON to s-expressions appeals to me.
- deno 15y agoWell, I only care for public Web APIs. Though if you're not writing your documents by hand, I don't see how the syntax matters (it's just library then, anyway). And if you are writing your documents by hand, there are better solutions than JSON — for example YAML (which is excellent!).