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Yes, I program in HTML (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think XML only makes sense if your data is heavily tree-like

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In that case, why not use JSON?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

JSON spreads out tree nodes vertically (with all the attributes), whereas in XML it's usually one node per line, ie. more compact I suppose. This is just my very niche opinion though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

because you have a thing against solutions that are both beter and easier