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Re:XML for databases: a dead idea by TeMPOraL on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @11:08AM (#5060825)
> Presumably XML is good for "interchange" but I've never found that to be the case. JSON seems to do just fine. :)

It's not; they are as well many rants about using it as a data interchange format, 'cause pretty much everything, from S-expressions to JSON, is better at this task.

Re:XML for databases: a dead idea by car54whereareu on Tuesday January 15, 2013 @12:38PM (#5061507)
I prefer S-expressions to JSON.