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Re:Erlang/OTP – The fastest, cheapest way to build reliable ... by davidw on Sunday June 15, 2014 @09:15AM (#7895163)
You were definitely working in a "very specific context"!

Also, I think that you have to consider how a company grows: JSON is simple to get started with. It's a good default - pretty much anyone can consume it very easily. As you explore your problem space and iterate and improve, you may realize it's not good enough. Fair enough - that's a good time to switch. But many people never reach that point, and will happily continue with JSON for a long time.

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Re:Erlang/OTP – The fastest, cheapest way to build reliable ... by mononcqc on Sunday June 15, 2014 @11:09PM (#7897217)
That's not invalid and I don't debate that. JSON is obviously ubiquitous. It's just a bad format. A typical case of worse is better.

https://github.com/johnezang/JSONKit has a few interesting corner cases, for example.

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