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> He's obviously not so terrible if he created this thing that has people so up in arms. Being great at designing a format and writing code are two different t
by SCdF 14y ago
> He's obviously not so terrible if he created this thing that has people so up in arms.
Being great at designing a format and writing code are two different things: one can be great at once while being terrible at the other.
- blasdel 14y agoThe perceived simplicity of the format (driven by the naivete of the implementation) played a significant role in making it popular, but lays a minefield of bugs and ambiguities for implementors especially if they want any combination of sanity and interoperability.
- gordonguthrie 14y agoWisest thing in this thread. It is a great format. The original parser (and specification) has serious problems.