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Re:Tips on adding JSON output to your CLI app by toomanybeersies on Monday December 06, 2021 @03:07AM (#29457358)
> JSON doesn’t have support for fixed point math

Plain text doesn't have support for numbers at all, which isn't much of a solution.

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Re:Tips on adding JSON output to your CLI app by IgorPartola on Monday December 06, 2021 @07:36PM (#29467731)
Right. So if we replace plain text then let’s maybe do better than JSON or not do it at all.

Let’s put it this way: if I proposed XML as the substitution for plain text, would you rather keep plain text or switch to XML?

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