On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 5:25 PM, daniela florescu <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > > > > You can be assured that we had lively debates on this topic, > > After “living” in the XQuery W3C working group for 15 years….. I don’t > doubt you had. I am just happy I was not there. > > But, sorry, W3C took the wrong decision: in one instant with this > decision, you lost the JSON community. > > Is this not a variant of the Worse is Better argument (or did I not properly understand that essay...... probably). The issue with many JSON people is that they don't seem to acknowledge the need for interoperability with XML so the utility of a "bilingual language" probably doesn't resonate. Without wishing to appear informed can I ask a question. Was the Crockfordesque faction represented in the composition of the WG or was it (of necessity) a bunch of XML people talking about how to support JSON?
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