@JayTaph tweeted "JSON is NOT a config language. It's for javascripters who cant be bothered writing decent data conversions and models.."
This supports that statement (you know, for fun and profit): http://gist.pother.ca/6922342
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta charset='utf-8' /> | |
| <title>Is JSON a config language?</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <h1>Is JSON a config language?</h1> | |
| <code> | |
| (Javascripter = <span id="Javascripter">"Javascripter goes here"</span>) | |
| === "JSON is <span id="Config-Language"></span> config language" | |
| </code> | |
| <script> | |
| var Javascripter = { | |
| "Write" : { | |
| "DataConversions" : false | |
| , "Models" : false | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| function canBeBothered(Javascripter){ | |
| return Javascripter.DataConversions && Javascripter.Models; | |
| } | |
| document.getElementById('Javascripter').innerHTML = JSON.stringify(Javascripter); | |
| document.getElementById('Config-Language').innerHTML = (canBeBothered(Javascripter)?' a ':' NOT a ') ; | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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