The JSON.org page currently lists 21 packages for Java. Will the Java community ever converge on one as some other language communities are doing?...
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John Cowan
johnwcowan
Jan 24, 2011 7:05 pm
... I would say that that could happen in only a few ways: 1) If someone shepherded a particular library through the JCP, a clunky and bureaucratic process...
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Tatu Saloranta
cowtowncoder
Jan 24, 2011 9:18 pm
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Douglas Crockford ... Probably not to the degree that there'd be just one. From the list I think just maybe half a dozen are...
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Dennis Gearon
gearond...
Jan 24, 2011 10:11 pm
If there was anything that bugs ME, is incomplete documentation and 'just read the code' type of libraries. Dennis Gearon ________________________________ ...
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John Cowan
johnwcowan
Jan 24, 2011 10:12 pm
... +1000 -- One Word to write them all, John Cowan <cowan@...> One Access to find them, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan One Excel to...
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Tatu Saloranta
cowtowncoder
Jan 24, 2011 11:39 pm
... True. That also contributes to feeling of "but how is this different". Maybe there are strengths, but if finding those requires reading sources, yeah,...
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Dennis Gearon
gearond...
Jan 24, 2011 11:59 pm
I'm working on documenting my own API (JSON, JSON-RPCish), and it's a lot of work. I just keep reminding myself how I'd like to read it. Dennis Gearon ...
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codeWarrior
gregpatnude
Jan 26, 2011 3:13 pm
... Hopefully not... software is software... there's always more than one way to skin the proverbial cat... "there can be only one" is reminiscent of...
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jonathan wallace
ninja9578
Feb 3, 2011 1:54 pm
Hello all, I just wanted to mention that a while ago I changed the name from libJSON to libjson, would you mind reflecting that on json.org? I added a ton of...
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Tatu Saloranta
cowtowncoder
Feb 3, 2011 7:12 pm
Interesting. One thing I noticed from the project page is that there are big claims on performance, but it seems to lack links to actual measurements? I was...
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David Graham
dgraham...
Feb 3, 2011 7:36 pm
If you'd prefer a really slow JSON parser, check out https://github.com/dgraham/json-stream. It's about 20x slower than the Ruby json gem, but it's quite...
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Gregg Irwin
greggirwin143
Feb 3, 2011 8:00 pm
TS> I have noticed that at least half of all JSON projects claim to be TS> faster than anyone else, so measurements could also clear up the TS> situation and...
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Tatu Saloranta
cowtowncoder
Feb 4, 2011 12:03 am
... Yes, one would be very useful. I know there are couple for Java (general purpose ones that can also use JSON; and specific ones), but haven't seen many for...
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jonathan wallace
ninja9578
Feb 7, 2011 2:11 pm
If there is a standard JSON benchmark that would be nice. I've only compared it to wxJSON, cJSON, and a few others. "People have always been impressed by the...
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Tatu Saloranta
cowtowncoder
Feb 7, 2011 10:09 pm
... I suspect many users would like to see comparisons. Maybe blog about it or such (and include test code), or send a link if already published? I don't doubt...
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Jonathan Wallace
ninja9578
Feb 8, 2011 6:05 pm
Well there is a benchmark included in the source, but it's mostly for my own purposes of comparing upgrade versions against the previous version. I think ill...
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Tatu Saloranta
cowtowncoder
Feb 8, 2011 7:20 pm
... That would be very useful! I know it might be bit of work, given differing APIs and all.. but then again, it should be beneficial for authors of other...
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johne_ganz
Feb 13, 2011 1:05 am
Since this is a group dedicated to JSON, I just thought I'd post a note about yet another Objective-C serializer / deserializer: JSONKit, available at...
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mehdigholam@...
mehdigholam...
Feb 20, 2011 9:39 am
Hello all, Follow the link for my .net implementation. http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/fastJSON.aspx Cheers...
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johne_ganz
Feb 24, 2011 1:22 am
In RFC 4627, Section 3 Encoding, it states: "JSON text SHALL be encoded in Unicode. The default encoding is UTF-8." Unicode is defined as: The Unicode...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Feb 24, 2011 2:06 am
A receiver can do what it chooses to with the character codes it receives. If it wants to delete them or reject them, that is its business. But a JSON channel...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Feb 24, 2011 2:18 am
When the informational RFC insists on Unicode, it is the sense that the encoding is not EBCDIC nor Big5 nor anything other than Unicode....
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johne_ganz
Feb 25, 2011 7:44 pm
... Not if it's Unicode. It is a common misconception that "Unicode" is just a set of code points, like say ASCII or EBCDIC. It is not. With ASCII, you can...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Feb 25, 2011 8:00 pm
... For JSON's purpose, Unicode is just a set of code points. It gives some, such as { and }, special meaning. But in strings, everything should simply be...
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johne_ganz
Feb 25, 2011 11:09 pm
... Not according to RFC 4627 it isn't. Section 3, Encoding, "JSON text SHALL be encoded in Unicode.", where SHALL is interpreted via RFC 2119 (i.e., SHALL is...
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Tatu Saloranta
cowtowncoder
Feb 25, 2011 11:25 pm
... Do you have an ACTUAL problem worth discussion, or is this from just purity standpoint? -+ Tatu +-...
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Tatu Saloranta
cowtowncoder
Feb 25, 2011 11:45 pm
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:09 PM, johne_ganz <john.engelhart@...> wrote: ... This is true statement, although the more practical question seems to be what...
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David Graham
dgraham...
Feb 26, 2011 12:35 am
I had the normalization question while writing json-stream in Ruby as well. I decided the parser shouldn't do Unicode normalization for the following reasons: ...
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Douglas Crockford
douglascrock...
Feb 26, 2011 12:44 am
... I agree....
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johne_ganz
Feb 26, 2011 4:01 am
... True. It would seem, at least to me, that this is one of those nuanced points that either a) Has not been given the proper consideration by Unicode...
