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From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: JSON for PG 9.2
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Msg-id 19C9A6A1-440B-46FF-B3BB-5E89E2B6C399@justatheory.com
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In response to JSON for PG 9.2  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: JSON for PG 9.2  (Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>)
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On Dec 19, 2011, at 3:39 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:

> Well, no, JSON is formally “a lightweight data-interchange format.” It’s derived from JavaScript syntax, but it is
nota programming language, so I wouldn’t say it was accurate to describe it as a subset of JS or ECMAScript. 

Bah, it says “It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language, Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December
1999.”But my point still holds: it is not a programming language, and one does not need a PL to have a JSON data type. 

Best,

David

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