On: Fixing JSON

[macspoofing]

>It did however offer a very easy standard way to share and parse data back in 1999.

Not 1999. 2004. JSON wasn't on anybody's radar in 1999.

>JSON is incredibly easy to read and write by hand, in comparison with XML

Maybe for small shallow objects (and for those XML is also quite readable). Once size or complexity get a little higher, you're done.

[hutzlibu → macspoofing]

> Once size or complexity get a little higher, you're done.

And what is better than JSON, when it gets complex?

[macspoofing → hutzlibu]

I meant you're done with reading and writing it by hand.