Re:Ink: React for Interactive CLI Apps
by lelanthran on Saturday November 02, 2024 @04:28AM
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> Why has XML been losing as the standard config format?
The short answer, as you answered it, is:
> there are 1,000 page books on XML alone.
The long answer: it was over-engineered for the intended use-case.
It's easier to fix under-engineered stuff (like JSON) than to fix over-engineered stuff (like XML).
> If you like XML, there is a strong argument to support JSX because it's a way to keep XML around!
Well, this is basically pivoting XML to a different use-case. It'll still be over-engineered unless you stick to JSX only, in which case it's not XML anymore, anyway.
The short answer, as you answered it, is:
> there are 1,000 page books on XML alone.
The long answer: it was over-engineered for the intended use-case.
It's easier to fix under-engineered stuff (like JSON) than to fix over-engineered stuff (like XML).
> If you like XML, there is a strong argument to support JSX because it's a way to keep XML around!
Well, this is basically pivoting XML to a different use-case. It'll still be over-engineered unless you stick to JSX only, in which case it's not XML anymore, anyway.