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Re:The advantages of static typing, simply stated by empath75 on Friday September 16, 2016 @10:15AM (#12514128)
Have you worked with a public api in the last few years that didn't depend on json?
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Re:The advantages of static typing, simply stated by zeveb on Friday September 16, 2016 @10:34AM (#12514264)
'Everybody else is doing it' is insufficient justification to keep on doing it.

As it happens, I agree that JSON is probably a long-term mistake, although it is definitely an improvement over XML, the previous player in that space.

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Re:The advantages of static typing, simply stated by asimuvPR on Friday September 16, 2016 @10:54AM (#12514391)
Every technology is relatively wrong. Time points out where and we fix it (process is repeated again forever).
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