> No, people couldn't just eval random strings, especially the ones containing potentially malicious user input. hehehehehe > I can't say for sure but I doubt

> No, people couldn't just eval random strings, especially the ones containing potentially malicious user input. hehehehehe > I can't say for sure but I doubt JSON being a JS subset helped at all. Oh it very much did, both because it Just Worked in a browser context, and because the semantics fit dynamic languages very nicely, and those were quite popular when it broke through (it was pretty much the peak of Rails' popularity).