Re: [xml-dev] XML vs JSON
While we are on the subject of programming languages perhaps this pithy observation by James Fuller might divert attention back to the the heart of the issue.
On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 6:33 PM, Peter Flynn <[email protected]> wrote:
On 21/08/17 18:04, Ihe Onwuka wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Peter Flynn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> [...] The most frequently-quoted objection was "IDs have to start
> with a letter? What kind of **** is this? Ours all begin with digits..."
>
> None of C++, Java, Javascript or Python allow you to start an ID with a
> digit.
Yes, but [I hope] no-one uses IDs in programming languages themselves to
store real-world object types (parts in a warehouse, for example).
Whereas with XML being touted as a way to store *data*, there was
potential for this conflict.
///Peter
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