Douglas Crockford: “We should stop using JavaScript”

Re:Douglas Crockford: “We should stop using JavaScript” by taeric on Monday June 12, 2023 @11:30AM (#36295203)

Protocol typically implies a conversation. Expectations and messaging.

That said, synonyms all over the place. So, I can see it. I think I would avoid it here, as this would also make "mp3" a protocol. Data format already covers that, though. Whereas something like WebRTC seems more in the protocol vein.

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Re:Douglas Crockford: “We should stop using JavaScript” by SoftTalker on Monday June 12, 2023 @12:54PM (#36296682)

I think many people think of JSON as a protocol as it's almost always used in the context of HTTP, which is a protocol. They're just combining the data format and the protcol when they say "JSON"

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Re:Douglas Crockford: “We should stop using JavaScript” by taeric on Monday June 12, 2023 @01:13PM (#36297119)

I mean, sure? But I don't think we'd accept people calling HTML a protocol, would we?

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