There exists a peculiar amnesia in software engineering regarding XML. Mention it in most circles and you will receive knowing smiles, dismissive waves, the sort of patronizing acknowledgment reserved for technologies deemed passé. “Oh, XML,” they say, as if the very syllables carry the weight of obsolescence. “We use JSON now. Much cleaner.”

  • Tanoh@lemmy.world
    4·
    5 hours ago

    And no comments, unless you use a non-standard parser. But then you might as well use anorher format.

      • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        This only works if the software that consumes the JSON doesn’t validate it or ignores keys it doesn’t recognize (which is bad, IMHO).

      • abbadon420@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        3 hours ago

        Lol. That works, but its hacky.

        The meaning of a “comment” is an integrated language feauture to write something that is not parsed by that language. This is just regular JSON.