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Re:Parsing JSON Is a Minefield (2016) by stinos on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:35PM (#28832088)
I get that, but to go from "oh this won't be very common" to willingly "let's just leave this out" is something else. At least in my mind :) Or was it an oversight?
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Re:Parsing JSON Is a Minefield (2016) by mst on Monday October 11, 2021 @04:23PM (#28832622)
I suspect it was a bet on worse is better.

Whether it was a good bet is debatable, but given Crockford's focus on "try and leave out as much as possible" I can certainly see it making sense at the time.

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