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silentbicycle on Feb 18, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is Scheme Faster than C?

XML is proof that Greenspun's Tenth Rule applies to data, as well. :)

derleth on Feb 19, 2011 [–]

I've said this before, but JSON is actually more like sexprs than XML is.

silentbicycle on Feb 19, 2011 | [–]

Agreed, but XML does a far better job of re-implementing sexprs badly.

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