Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 08:38:31 -0700 From: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [GSoC] Machine readable output from userland utilities Message-ID: <CAETOPp0k8kESHkYShksovDm04pm4as9DoAfCm2-ojJ3in=4hsw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <537F11A9.8020504@mu.org> References: <49E9736E-AD14-4647-8B15-30603D01360C@mail.bg> <537F0DD9.6090805@highsecure.ru> <537F11A9.8020504@mu.org>
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On May 23, 2014 2:15 AM, "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@mu.org> wrote >point to note is that the intent is to have an output that is very consumable by modern scripting languages and modules. That would very likely be JSON output. > > -Alfred I'd actually prefer YAML output. YAML is a much more expressive superset of JSON (YAML parsers can read JSON), but given that VHS beat out BetaMax, I fully expect JSON to win, and YAML to fade into oblivion. Sad. Jos
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