> JSON doesn't mandate the use of binary numbers, parsers can keep number literals as strings and let the user choose whatever binary storage. So it is a coin

> JSON doesn't mandate the use of binary numbers, parsers can keep number literals as strings and let the user choose whatever binary storage. So it is a coin toss whether a perfectly valid JSON file can be processed (read/written - say pretty print) by a perfectly valid JSON library without its contents getting trashed? Quality software engineering right there.