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_greim_ on Aug 20, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fixing JSON

> What value is there in having JSON be a subset of JavaScript?

* Virtually zero learning curve if you already know JS.

* It can be pasted into and out of a working program.

* Constrains the format from becoming bloated.

rat87 on Aug 21, 2016 [–]

> Virtually zero learning curve if you already know JS.

What if you know other languages but not js?

> * It can be pasted into and out of a working program.

Again only true for js

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