> Why has XML been losing as the standard config format? The short answer, as you answered it, is: > there are 1,000 page books on XML alone. The long answer

> Why has XML been losing as the standard config format? The short answer, as you answered it, is: > there are 1,000 page books on XML alone. The long answer: it was over-engineered for the intended use-case. It's easier to fix under-engineered stuff (like JSON) than to fix over-engineered stuff (like XML). > If you like XML, there is a strong argument to support JSX because it's a way to keep XML around! Well, this is basically pivoting XML to a different use-case. It'll still be over-engineered unless you stick to JSX only, in which case it's not XML anymore, anyway.