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XML has the capacity of being as simple as you want it to be Unfortunately in practice it never is. I've seen programmers do too many dumb things with data str
by seanalltogether 14y ago
XML has the capacity of being as simple as you want it to be
Unfortunately in practice it never is. I've seen programmers do too many dumb things with data structures in XML, which then becomes "part of the spec" so it never goes away.
Take an xml api in a fortune 500 and run it through 10 developers over the course of 5 years, then do the same thing with a json api, I guarantee you the json one will be more standardized and easier to consume.
- ams6110 14y agoGuarantee? Do you actually know how "enterprise" projects work?
- seanalltogether 14y agobank of america, t. rowe price, wall st on demand, ebay, aflac, adobe, ge, nielson, navy federal...do you want me to open my entire client archive? You should see what java devs try to shove into xml structures.