From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] (no subject) In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 26 May 2007 00:42:35 BST." <73301f1ca8938ccd90e1874eb226f481@terzarima.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 20:09:50 -0400 From: "ozan s. yigit" Message-Id: Topicbox-Message-UUID: 733da84e-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 sure i understand the skew between implementation vs spec; there are many [often embarrassing] examples of it in the protocol circles. so long as people are at the same table agreeing to interoperate, we can fix that. there are seventy different APIs in 28 different languages (not counting the unlisted limbo implementation) for this lightweight data interhange format. you are nitpicking. [and also forgetting the irregularities lispers had introduced into their notations, eg. power brackets, array brackets and the like] oz > >some sort of agreement over the structure [for json] and wide support for it > > there isn't though: i had to adjust the code to account for what > they apparently meant as opposed to what was documented, given examples > that people produce. > it was similar but a bit worse for ogdl.