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[–] annoyed_onion 144 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Serinus 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Disagree. I prefer XML for config files where the efficiency of disk size doesn't matter at all. Layers of XML are much easier to read than layers of Json. Json is generally better where efficiency matters.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] renzev 2 points 3 months ago
[–] Matriks404 4 points 3 months ago

Aren't most XML parsers faster than JSON parsers anyway?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Wishful thinking