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[–] annoyed_onion@lemmy.world 142 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month 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.

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

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

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

Wishful thinking