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Re: XML vs JSON

• From: Kurt Cagle <kurt.cagle@gmail.com>
• To: "ihe.onwuka@gmail.com" <ihe.onwuka@gmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:40:19 -0700

Kurt Cagle

Founder, Semantical LLC

kurtcagle@gmail.com

443-837-8725

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Peter Flynn <peter@s...> wrote:

We also should not forget that XML-DATA was a latecomer to the party
when XML was being assembled. Lots of people jumped on that bandwagon
because it leveraged an existing technology, so you appeared to get the
ride for free. But doing so actually meant inheriting all the features
needed for document-oriented XML, and *that*'s what upset the
programmers. The most frequently-quoted objection was "IDs have to start
with a letter? What kind of **** is this? Ours all begin with digits..."

 

None of C++, Java, _javascript_ or Python allow you to start an ID with a digit.  

• References:
  • XML vs JSON
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  • Re: XML vs JSON
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  • Re: XML vs JSON
    • From: Mukul Gandhi <gandhi.mukul@gmail.com>
  • Re: XML vs JSON
    • From: Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie>
  • Re: XML vs JSON
    • From: Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@gmail.com>
  • Re: XML vs JSON
    • From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
  • Re: XML vs JSON
    • From: Hans-Juergen Rennau <hrennau@yahoo.de>
  • Re: XML vs JSON
    • From: "Ghislain Fourny" <gfourny@inf.ethz.ch>
  • Re: XML vs JSON
    • From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
  • Re: XML vs JSON
    • From: Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie>
  • Re: XML vs JSON
    • From: Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@gmail.com>