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[Kiall Mac Innes <kiall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 1:28 AM, Jorge Williams <
jorge.williams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Having said all of that,  I realize that our devs are working in a dynamic
> language, and don't see a lot of value in XML.  It's important to take that
> into consideration, but we should also be asking whether there's value to
> our current clients and potential clients.  Like it or not, there's a lot
> of folks out there using static languages.
>

I actually think this is an important point (But in favor of JSON!).

The OpenStack developers are writing in a dynamic language, python. This
means the tooling and experience available will be biased towards JSON over
XML for the most part. This, IMHO, will result in a less than perfect XML
implementation. I would much prefer to see a single great XML or
JSON implementation rather than two poor implementations.

Combine that with the massive uptake of dynamic languages over recent
years, and I would bet JSON is a more natural fit for a higher percent of
developers and end users (Please notice I said "I would bet", not "I know").

Maybe RackSpace (or any other large operator..) can share some stats of the
user-agents they see in the wild?

Thanks,
Kiall (A, likely biased, dynamic language guy ;))