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TazeTSchnitzel
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Douglas Crockford: Why I removed comments from JSO...
Yeah, but JSON is a data interchange format. It's like adding the ability to add comments to arbitrary binary data, it's rather pointless.
It's supposed to be human readable, but ultimately it's for machines. It's just easier to debug.
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It's supposed to be human readable, but ultimately it's for machines. It's just easier to debug.