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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

IMHO: XML is a file format, JSON is a data transfer format. Reinventing things like RSS or SVG to use JSON wouldn't be helpful, but using XML to communicate between your app's frontend and backend wouldn't be either.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We were using XML for that before JSON.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes and it is a good thing we don't anymore.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why? JSON hasn't given us anything XML hasn't, except maybe a bit of terseness.

I do agree SOAP is a bit over engineered, though, but that's not the fault of XML.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

XML is much more annoying to read/write by hand

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

As a pentester, if I see XML in HTTP I start crying.