Re: [Cryptography] encoding formats should not be committee'ized
YAML is a superset of JSON, is more human readable, and, unlike JSON, has internal references. On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Tony Arcieri wrote: > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Mark Atwood wrote: >> >> YAML? > > > YAML is a bit insane ;) There's JSON, and also TOML: > > https://github.com/mojombo/toml > > -- > Tony Arcieri ___ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
Re: [Cryptography] encoding formats should not be committee'ized
> Here's a crazy idea: instead of using one of these formats, use a > human readable format that can be described by a formal grammar > which is hopefully regular, context-free, or context-sensitive in a > limited manner YAML? On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Tony Arcieri wrote: > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Mark Atwood wrote: >> >> Well, there are Protobufs, and there is Thrift, and there is >> MessagePack, and there is Avro... > > > Here's a crazy idea: instead of using one of these formats, use a human > readable format that can be described by a formal grammar which is hopefully > regular, context-free, or context-sensitive in a limited manner > > -- > Tony Arcieri ___ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
Re: [Cryptography] encoding formats should not be committee'ized
> Why can't we just designate some big player to do it, and follow suit? Why > argue in committee? Well, there are Protobufs, and there is Thrift, and there is MessagePack, and there is Avro... http://www.igvita.com/2011/08/01/protocol-buffers-avro-thrift-messagepack/ ..m ___ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
