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Re:Zellij – A Terminal Workspace and Multiplexer by brundolf on Thursday April 22, 2021 @01:27PM (#26905369)
I think JSON would be perfect if it a) allowed comments, and b) had multi-line strings.

It has exactly five data types, each with very clear and distinct notation that nests consistently (the top level isn't somehow "special" and there's no messing with significant whitespace). Only two collection types: keyed, and unkeyed. In some sense it feels like the apotheosis of untyped data-modeling.

Re:Zellij – A Terminal Workspace and Multiplexer by sammorrowdrums on Thursday April 22, 2021 @01:56PM (#26905752)
a) reminds me so much of this classic

https://thedailywtf.com/articles/the-inner-json-effect

“Tell us what you did to JDSL,” one of the VP’s asked.

“I don’t think I did anything,” Jake answered. “I’ve only been here two weeks, trying to learn JDSL and how the customer portal works. I don’t even know how to deploy it!”

“You made a few commits to Subversion!” Tom shouted.

“Well, yes. I added a few code comments, trying to–”

“You can’t use comments in JDSL!” Tom shouted. “THAT’S WHAT BROKE IT!!”

Re:Zellij – A Terminal Workspace and Multiplexer by aniforprez on Thursday April 22, 2021 @02:11PM (#26905939)
That 100% has to be fake. I NEED it to be fake. Are there production systems that work like this? Du they have one "rockstar" developer who does stuff like this?
Re:Zellij – A Terminal Workspace and Multiplexer by fwip on Thursday April 22, 2021 @03:00PM (#26906729)
Most of TDWTF is a kernel of truth surrounded by about three pages of fiction.
Re:Zellij – A Terminal Workspace and Multiplexer by xxpor on Thursday April 22, 2021 @01:42PM (#26905557)
I just wish JSON had fixed decimal numbers, a timestamp type, and a binary blob type :/