The word, used by computer scientists to mean ‘no value,’ has created long-running challenges

  • Fonzie!
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    116 hours ago

    XML can validate itself and there’s the self-documenting WSDL; so while it has more overhead and an ugly syntax it can make for a more stable and earlier to understand API for your API’s consumers.

    • @calcopiritus
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      113 hours ago

      This point is always stated about XML as if it were the most important part of choosing XML.

      But jsonschema exists. It has the same capability.

      • Fonzie!
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        112 hours ago

        Ah but… Nobody uses that! Because then you wouldn’t choose JSON