Thread 106038699 - /g/ [Archived: 14 hours ago]

Anonymous
7/26/2025, 11:11:31 PM No.106038699
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what's the point of the json format? just use xml you assrats
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 11:12:43 PM No.106038715
>>106038699 (OP)
both needlessly complex. why the hell do config files need to be cryptic like that instead of just a clear option=setting
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 11:16:23 PM No.106038758
>>106038699 (OP)
No point whatsoever, it's a garbage format designed by retards for retards
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 11:23:39 PM No.106038853
>>106038699 (OP)
XML is a needlessly complex way of serializing data, and is vulnerable to attacks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_laughs_attack
JSON on the other hand, is relatively straightforward.
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 11:24:49 PM No.106038867
>>106038699 (OP)
Just use plain text
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 11:25:07 PM No.106038871
>>106038699 (OP)
XML is too heavy.
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 11:37:47 PM No.106038996
nigger i use whatever there is
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 11:39:56 PM No.106039017
json has a structure similar to other programming languages. xml does not. It's that simple.
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 11:48:58 PM No.106039122
>>106038699 (OP)
xml is cancer
>>106038715
neither of them is a config file spec
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 11:54:07 PM No.106039174
>>106038715
That's what .ini is for
Anonymous
7/27/2025, 1:02:33 AM No.106039881
>>106039122
yeah but still often used as such