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Re:Better Than JSON? by chris_st on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:02PM (#24872687) 

    XML can be a bear, but sometimes you need a bear.
Phrase heard at conferences in the 90's/2000's:

    "XML is like violence. If it doesn't work, you're not using enough of it."
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Re:Better Than JSON? by jkingsbery on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:02PM (#24873370)
> "XML is like violence. If it doesn't work, you're not using enough of it."

That same saying would also work replacing XML for soap (but not SOAP).

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Re:Better Than JSON? by adamc on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:24PM (#24872886)
Made me laugh. :-)
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