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minus-square@schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink3•11 days agoYes and it is a good thing we don’t anymore.
minus-square@sik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilink16•11 days agoWhy? JSON hasn’t given us anything XML hasn’t, except maybe a bit of terseness. I do agree SOAP is a bit over engineered, though, but that’s not the fault of XML.
minus-square@0xD@infosec.publinkfedilink1•11 days agoAs a pentester, if I see XML in HTTP I start crying.
minus-squarexigoilinkEnglish1•10 days agoA big advantage of JSON over YAML is that it can be parsed directly into common data structures (arrays, objects, tables) in a natural way.
We were using XML for that before JSON.
Yes and it is a good thing we don’t anymore.
Why? JSON hasn’t given us anything XML hasn’t, except maybe a bit of terseness.
I do agree SOAP is a bit over engineered, though, but that’s not the fault of XML.
XML is much more annoying to read/write by hand
As a pentester, if I see XML in HTTP I start crying.
A big advantage of JSON over YAML is that it can be parsed directly into common data structures (arrays, objects, tables) in a natural way.