Re: [Gegl-developer] New serialization format

[Michael Natterer <mitch gimp org>]

On Thu, 2012-07-05 at 17:55 +0300, Ville Sokk wrote:
> GEGL needs a new serialization format. On IRC two popular choices
> were JSON and YAML. Fancy features are not required so both should be
> good choices.
>
> YAML pros:
> * very readable
>
> JSON pros:
> * pretty much every programming language has a JSON library
> * simpler than YAML
>
> Bat´O's YAML example: http://pastebin.com/QML9BkCb
> and JSON: http://pastebin.com/9ZV9y7Vz
>
> Any ideas why one should be chosen over the other? Maybe there's an
> even better option?

And XML was ruled out because it's not the latest fad any longer?

confused,
--mitch