On Thursday, 12 September 2013 at 20:18:35 UTC, Jonathan M Davis
wrote:
On Thursday, September 12, 2013 22:02:15 w0rp wrote:
On the subject of YAML. I've tried it out a few times. The
syntax
for JSON can be described in 1-2 pages, on json.org's front
page.
The syntax for YAML requires a 50-100 page document to
describe.
That should be enough to tell you not to use it.
While, I agree in principle, I would point out that what's on
json.org is
oversimplified and is not a valid spec. You really need to read
the RFC if you
want to get it right, and that has about 9 pages of actual
content:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt?number=4627
So, you're comparing a basic explanation of JSON to a full-on
spec for YAML.
Now, the YAML 1.2 spec does have about 77 pages of actual
content:
http://yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.pdf
So, you're not completely off base in your comparison (YAML
_is_ way more
complicated), but to properly specify JSON requires a lot more
pages than your
post indicates.
- Jonathan M Davis
That's a much more fair comparison. Thanks.
