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--- PA <petite.abeille@g...> wrote: > > On Jun 08, 2006, at 07:36, Michael Champion wrote: > > > I hate to sound like a crusty old conservative, > but it would be nice > > if people didn't jump on the JSON (etc.) > bandwagon just because it's > > trendy and fun and helps differentiate one's > message ... and XML is > > soooo 1990's. > > Talking of the nineties, JSON has a striking > resemblance to NeXT's > ASCII Property Lists (aka plist): That is not very surprising, since Javascript's syntax (subset of which JSON is based on) is obviously based on (t|c)rusty old C syntax (and before that, many other languages I am too young to have used). In many ways, the notation is bit like Latin of the object notations, and has some benefits due to "principle of least surprise", regarding developer debuggability. Another way to think about this is that even if one doesn't like JSON per se, it is good to have things that aim for simplicity; maybe it can have positive effects by creating pressure against unnecessarily complicated systems. Bit like "Ruby on Rails" and other pragmatic developments have positive effects on developing bit less byzantine, yet flexible, alternatives. -+ Tatu +- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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