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Re:Xi-Editor Retrospective by mov_ on Saturday June 27, 2020 @09:24PM (#23666084)
I agree with you, it's weird that Swift JSON is so slow and binary isn't necessarily faster.

My exasperation is you were surprised by JSON becoming an issue, when this was the most controversial design decision about the project. To me, it's completely unsurprising.

Re:Xi-Editor Retrospective by __s on Saturday June 27, 2020 @10:10PM (#23666290)
They're saying the reasons were surprising, ie they expected it to be controversial for different reasons