dmarcotte

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   by dmarcotte 1y ago

   That's right, KSON the language is any string that parses successfully as KSON. We have a formal grammar for the language [1], and once we validate/harden the design through our beta, we plan to express that in a spec, and we plan
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   by dmarcotte 1y ago

   Thanks for trying out KSON and having a look at the embed blocks. When embedding text inside text, the price/tax to delimit it must be paid somewhere, as the "KSON turducken" you've cooked up here demonstrates. We are fa
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   by dmarcotte 1y ago

   Thanks so much, Steve!!!
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   by dmarcotte 1y ago

   hjson is new on my radar, but looks like it has some great philosophical overlap with KSON! hjson's "interface for JSON" tagline really resonates. If I understand correctly, hjson helps by not requiring commas, allowing unquo
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   by dmarcotte 1y ago

   Thanks, i_s. Daniel chiming in here... for functions and variables, we intentionally stay focused on JSON/YAML-equivalent data because the places where JSON or YAML are used as human-edited interfaces (because of their limitations rath
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   by dmarcotte 1y ago

   Hey zahiman, thanks for all the Qs. Trying to address them: KSON (stands for: KSON Structured Object Notation) is designed not as an nth standard, but rather as an idea of how to play nice with all n-1 existing standards. Since our comment
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   by dmarcotte 1y ago

   Thanks! KSON is very focused on facilitating a better interface for a user managing config data, so one concrete example of the embed block's purpose is to help anywhere folks are directly editing important/complex multi-line stri
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   Show HN: KSON, a love-letter to the humans maintaining computer configuration(kson.org)

   34 points by dmarcotte 1y ago|14 comments