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The problem is that xml just isn’t particularly human readable. I don’t think there’s more to it than that. The brackets just make it overly verbose and difficu
by appplication 3y ago
The problem is that xml just isn’t particularly human readable. I don’t think there’s more to it than that. The brackets just make it overly verbose and difficult to read at a glance.
- jimmaswell 3y agoI find it very easy to read. The additional structure only helps. Why does anyone have a problem reading XML?
- kumarvvr 3y agoI have heard this again and again. But to me, well formed XML is incredibly easy to read and skim. I don't feel the same ease with JSON or YAML though.
- Aeolun 3y ago> I don't feel the same ease with JSON or YAML though. I imagine the same is true for people that don’t like XML. There’s just many more people that find it easy to read JSON, even though there are a few that find it easy to read XML.
- dmje 3y agoYes! I find JSON so, so hard to read compared to XML. I thought I was the only one :-)
- wokkel 3y agoYour not alone: it's verboden requiring " around anything that is a string. Commas to separate array elements. It's a technical format without the technical foundation. It's the civil engineering equivalent of building the Golden Gate Bridge out of wooden beams as that is what you have, not what you need.
- pjmlp 3y agoYou are not alone.
- sparrowInHand 3y agoThis. It dances in front of the readers eyes, turning into unreadable gibberish. Json is how you would draw a datastructure on a chalkboard.
- kllrnohj 3y agoIt's the same syntax shape as HTML and React's JSX, yet rarely do people complain about how "unreadable" they are?
- xigoi 3y agoHTML is not a configuration format. Tags are fine for text markup.