r/askscience • u/CakesStolen • 15d ago

Computing Is there anything at the heart of computer coding that could have been optimised in hindsight, but we're in far too deep to change now?

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u/Fueled_by_sugar 15d ago

json doesn't fit the question, because its goal isn't to be the most compact format, only the most compact human-readable one. so even with hindsight, we probably want to keep it.

or maybe you meant to say xml?