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299 points DataOverload | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 17:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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hyperhello ◴[18 Oct 24 16:47 UTC] No.41881157[source]▶
What’s nice about JSON is that it’s actually valid JavaScript, with some formal specification to avoid any nasty circles or injections.

Why can’t your protocol just be valid JavaScript too? this.name = “string”; instead of mixing so many metaphors?

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royjacobs ◴[18 Oct 24 16:52 UTC] No.41881202[source]▶
Because that would require consumers to have a Javascript interpreter to use it.
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moralestapia ◴[18 Oct 24 16:57 UTC] No.41881260[source]▶
Because that would require consumers to have an interpreter for the most widely deployed language, ever, and by far.

FTFY

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oguz-ismail ◴[18 Oct 24 17:08 UTC] No.41881376[source]▶
Nah, in that case Python would be a better option as it's already installed everywhere.
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moralestapia ◴[18 Oct 24 17:12 UTC] No.41881413[source]▶
That is so derangedly untrue.
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1. jrockway ◴[18 Oct 24 18:09 UTC] No.41881956[source]▶
Starlark is a nice embeddable scripting language, though. Java, Go, and Rust implementations: https://github.com/bazelbuild/starlark/blob/master/users.md#...