Re: Following up on the good argument for XML thread, JSON is simpler and more space efficient, and seems to be catching on as a data interchange format!

From: Casey Hawthorne <caseyhHAMMER_TIME_at_istar.ca>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:04:33 -0800
Message-ID: <07nbg5lv5vqhnvij2vdq88jluscdqgtkj9_at_4ax.com>


Thank you for the prompt response.

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:13:26 +1100, Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam_at_benfinney.id.au> wrote:

>Casey Hawthorne <caseyhHAMMER_TIME_at_istar.ca> writes:
>
>> I wonder what the trade-offs are between JSON, XML, and other data
>> interchange formats.
>
>I've found many programmers using YAML <URL:http://www.yaml.org/> as
>having the same advantages of JSON, with broad support in language
>libraries, while being even closer to human-readable representation of
>structure.

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Regards,
Casey
Received on Fri Nov 20 2009 - 01:04:33 CET

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