Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 21:49:08 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@mail.turbofuzz.com> To: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XML Output: libxo - provide single API to output TXT, XML, JSON and HTML Message-ID: <A1E63A7A-BB38-4CC3-B5EC-B251BE990572@mail.turbofuzz.com> In-Reply-To: <CAETOPp3hJB8Gj%2BPMj3N951krnNqCYiAOY-cPHxMCBy1CQXWJaQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20140725044921.9F0D3580A2@chaos.jnpr.net> <CAETOPp13H7kyLy-1VJRDOsDbOh8A1MWZDxw1xHUBsxTRtMfc7g@mail.gmail.com> <20140728054217.AC1A0580A2@chaos.jnpr.net> <20140728055336.GJ50802@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <CAETOPp3hJB8Gj%2BPMj3N951krnNqCYiAOY-cPHxMCBy1CQXWJaQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jul 27, 2014, at 11:06 PM, Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> wrote: > It would be great if libyaml and libucl would converge, but instead = it's > likely that the number of solutions trying to solve the same problem = will > continue to proliferate, and we are stuck with more and more = configuration > file formats :-( I=92m a huge fan of unified data formats; Apple picked XML and the plist = DTD a long time ago, a decision which has worked rather nicely in = practice, but I=92m more in love with the unification that produced than = I am in love with XML itself. That said, it seems like this late push = for YAML is a similar case for divergence just because=85erm=85 you = don=92t like JSON? It seems like libucl has basically backed JSON with = the addition of a little syntactic sugar, so what=92s wrong with that? Is there some reason JSON is not sufficient? I think that=92s a better = question to ask, since the conversation otherwise quickly tends to sound = a little like =93I=92ll accept any single unified format as long as it=92s= the specific one I like!=94 :) I think the greater good argument = would suggest just picking one that=92s expressive enough (roll a pair = of dice), put on your bikeshed-proof sunglasses, and proceed. - Jordan
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