On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Nicholas C. Zakas <[email protected]> wrote: > ?To be clear: JSON uses a subset of the JavaScript syntax to represent > structured data, so it's not necessarily true to say JSON is a feature of > the language. >
I purposely didn't use the JSON term since that is what Crockford formalized in 2002 (which uses a subset of Javascript Object syntax). -- Diego > As for timelines, Crockford has been very clear in saying that some form of > JSON had been in use long before he formalized it. His site, json.org, was > launched in 2002 and he stated his company used it in 2001 [1]. > > -Nicholas > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON#History > _____________________________________________________ > Nicholas C. Zakas > Twitter: @slicknet > Blog: http://www.nczonline.net/ > > > -----Original Message----- From: Diego Perini > Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 12:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JSMentors] What year was JSON invented? > > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 8:47 AM, jemptymethod <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Sometimes I mention that I had an opportunity to use JSON on a project >> in 2004, before the Ajax (and, in turn, JSON) "explosion" in 2005. >> And some people quietly walk away, and then try to convince others I >> couldn't possibly know what I'm talking about. >> >> Can anybody prove JSON existed in 2004, or previously? >> >> -- >> To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> > > I have personally used Javascript Object notation before 2001 to pull > server data, though the transport was a hidden FRAME containing a JS > object (instead of an XMLHttpRequest). > > Javascript Object notation has always been a feature of the language > since it's inception. > > -- > Diego > > -- > To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > -- > To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
