• From: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
• To: "Timothy W. Cook" <tim@m...>
• Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 09:04:33 +0000

>> 
>> Looks like the JSON people (or can I just blame Crockford) screwed up
>> by not thinking about interoperability with XML 

No, I don't think they screwed up. I think they made it simple deliberately, knowing full well that when you keep a design simple, you make easy things easier, and difficult things more difficult. But not all JSON users realise the latter consequence until they get to that point.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

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