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RE: [xml-dev] XML2.0: Truncated End Tags (Was: Fixing what's broke)
Sorry don't buy that at all.
The biggest users of JSON are Web Developers who type and read <HTML> all
day long and in their sleep. Angle Brackets are no new concept to them.
I don't think comparing JSON to Programming languages is appropriate.
It compares to *data* description not *programming* languages.
But I will give you this, I don't like "programming" in XML syntax.
As powerful as it is, I have a hard time with XSLT, and prefer XQuery
hands-down.
Maybe it is the "<" after all !
s/</{//g
s/>/}//g
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David A. Lee
http://www.xmlsh.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Len Bullard [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 8:12 PM
To: 'David Lee'; 'Pete Cordell'; 'rjelliffe'; 'Xml-Dev''
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] XML2.0: Truncated End Tags (Was: Fixing what's broke)
It's easier typing for people accustomed to curly bracketed languages.
Consider it a composition cost. When writers or programmers write, they
want to think in the concepts they are conceiving, not in the syntax, so the
fewer typing strokes they memorize to create a value pair or any other
expression regularly used is a net savings in human energy.
Some resistance comes from the costs of multiple hand-to-eye habits. Unless
used a lot by the same person, these penalize the process with a
start-up/relearning time (maybe not long but rusty has a meaning), and
introduce more errors.
len
-----Original Message-----
From: David Lee [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 10:04 AM
To: 'Pete Cordell'; 'rjelliffe'; 'Xml-Dev''
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] XML2.0: Truncated End Tags (Was: Fixing what's broke)
If you really value conciseness above all else there is always attributes
JSON:
{ "element" : { "a1" : "value1" , "a2" : "value2" } }
XML
<element a1="value1" a2="value2"/>
This whole "JSON is more compact" theory is a red herring.
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