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serge2k on March 2, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: JSON5 is a proposed extension to JSON

Expressing the opinion that these are not useful ideas isn't "negative for the sake of being negative".

These are poor modifications. Don't modify JSON to be a better configuration format, just use a better format.

mgkimsal on March 2, 2014 [–]

"just use a better format."

Rather hard to do when the rest of the world you need to interact wouldn't necessarily move with you.

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