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The lost art of XML — mmagueta (marcosmagueta.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/programming@programming.dev
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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."

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[–] 4 points 9 months ago (6 children)

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

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago* (5 children) 
    {"comment": "Who says you can't do comments in JSON?"}
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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Now do a second comment.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) 
    {"comment2": "I can do this all day."}
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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Now put a newline in your comment, to make it readable. Clearly you can see the problem here right? “comment2” isn’t a comment. It’s a key with a value. Numbering them doesn’t actually fix anything, in fact it makes it much much harder to maintain.

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