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Re:Now Is the Perfect Time for an RSS Renaissance by goalieca on Monday April 23, 2018 @05:36PM (#16907654)
> There's nothing "wrong" with XML but with JSON there's no need to add another 5 pounds (2.2 KG) of JavaScript to convert XML to JavaScript objects

Non web-dev guy here, but browsers have excellent XML parses out there that can turn XML into a document object with a fully fledged query language. Why does it need to be a JS object?

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Re:Now Is the Perfect Time for an RSS Renaissance by jklinger410 on Monday April 23, 2018 @06:03PM (#16907862)
I have an old wordpress blog that I would love to introduce to whatever XML reader you would suggest.
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