Re:Why JSON Isn’t A Good Configuration Language (2018)
by nomel on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @08:50PM
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> JSON is so bad it is on the standard library of all major languages
This is like claiming that HTTP is a good way for people to type messages to each other, because it's in the standard library for all major languages. Existing in a standard language doesn't mean it was meant to be typed directly by humans. The lack of comments was an intentional design choice [1] to make sure its intent, a data exchange format, was understood.
This is like claiming that HTTP is a good way for people to type messages to each other, because it's in the standard library for all major languages. Existing in a standard language doesn't mean it was meant to be typed directly by humans. The lack of comments was an intentional design choice [1] to make sure its intent, a data exchange format, was understood.
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3912149