Re: XML vs. JSON

2009-08-25 Thread Jonathan Smith
On Aug 25, 11:28 am, B Smith-Mannschott wrote: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 16:24, Licenser wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > I wonder what is the reason clojure uses XML standard wise and not > > JSON. In the past I've found that JSON is much cleaner to read, and > > much easier to represent data str

Re: XML vs. JSON

2009-08-25 Thread B Smith-Mannschott
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 16:24, Licenser wrote: > > Hi everyone, > I wonder what is the reason clojure uses XML standard wise and not > JSON. In the past I've found that JSON is much cleaner to read, and > much easier to represent data structures in. I know XML is a buzzword, > but JSON is on it's

Re: XML vs. JSON

2009-08-25 Thread Richard Newman
> Hi everyone, > I wonder what is the reason clojure uses XML standard wise and not > JSON. > > … > > Or do I miss something that makes it important for Clojure to be > bundled so tightly with XML? Where did you get the idea that Clojure is tightly bundled with XML? It uses XML for the build sc

Re: XML vs. JSON

2009-08-25 Thread Meikel Brandmeyer
Hi, On Aug 25, 4:24 pm, Licenser wrote: > I wonder what is the reason clojure uses XML standard wise and not > JSON. In the past I've found that JSON is much cleaner to read, and > much easier to represent data structures in. I know XML is a buzzword, > but JSON is on it's way to become one too

Re: XML vs. JSON

2009-08-25 Thread J. McConnell
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Licenser wrote: > > I wonder what is the reason clojure uses XML standard wise and not > JSON. I don't think Clojure has standardized in any way on XML. There just happens to be an XML parsing lib in Clojure proper because it's a useful thing to have. There is