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Re:Why is JSON so popular? Developers want out of the syntax... by pavel_lishin on Thursday June 23, 2011 @10:01AM (#2687857)
> - Had attributes that contained entire encoded XML documents

I've got that beat. I've dealt with XML that was basically a wrapper for JSON, which contained - you know where this is going - an XML string.

It's retarded elephants all the way down.

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Re:Why is JSON so popular? Developers want out of the syntax... by RyanMcGreal on Thursday June 23, 2011 @10:09AM (#2687890)
This is getting downright Yorkshiremenesque.
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Re:Why is JSON so popular? Developers want out of the syntax... by pavel_lishin on Thursday June 23, 2011 @10:14AM (#2687913)
Had to look that one up before dispensing an upvote.
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Re:Why is JSON so popular? Developers want out of the syntax... by arethuza on Thursday June 23, 2011 @10:10AM (#2687893)
Notice the "encoded" - they were (if I recall correctly) base64 encoded XML documents...
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Re:Why is JSON so popular? Developers want out of the syntax... by Someone on Thursday June 23, 2011 @11:31AM (#2688206)
Hm. I never heard of XJsonX, but it would be a trivial logical extension of JsonX (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wsdatap/v3r8m1/inde...)
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