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Re:JSON as configuration files: please don’t (2016) by ChrisSD on Saturday April 13, 2019 @05:00PM (#19655690)
Sure it's a blurry line but some formats are better than others for some specific tasks. JSON isn't the right tool for every job but it's a good enough lowest common denominator for data sharing.

I wouldn't want to use if for config files or passing complex data but then it's not designed for that.

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Re:JSON as configuration files: please don’t (2016) by afiori on Saturday April 13, 2019 @05:59PM (#19656007)
TOML also has more "normal" notations for dicts and lists that are almost the same as JSON.

There is a distinction between markup languages e object notation languages. XML, HTML and Markdown are markup, JSON, YAML, TOML and most other are object notations.

(here my distinction, in general, is if they allow unquoted text)

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