Xenon Design Rationale: Why it is a better alternative to XML, JSON and YAML

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Post by GeneThomas » Mon, Nov 18, 2024, 11:27 PM UTC

Re: Xenon Design Rationale: Why it is a better alternative to XML, JSON and YAML

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Post by waynecochran » Mon, Nov 18, 2024, 11:49 PM UTC

Death to angle brackets! Curious what the history of characters are… pretty sure it wasn’t for brackets.

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Post by GeneThomas » Mon, Nov 18, 2024, 11:54 PM UTC

waynecochran wrote: post #2

Death to angle brackets! Curious what the history of characters are… pretty sure it wasn’t for brackets.

They are for less than and greater than in mathematics!? They are good in markup for a number of reasons including that they stand out.

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Post by gnabgib » Tue, Nov 19, 2024, 12:04 AM UTC

Previous (contentious) discussion (24 points, 14 days ago, 142 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42038004

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Post by GeneThomas » Tue, Nov 19, 2024, 12:05 AM UTC

gnabgib wrote: post #4

Previous (contentious) discussion (24 points, 14 days ago, 142 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42038004

Thanks.

The linked document justifies all design decisions.

Please try to make valid criticism.