| From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com> |
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| To: | Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr> |
| Cc: | Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Jan Urbański <wulczer(at)wulczer(dot)org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Joey Adams <joeyadams3(dot)14159(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Claes Jakobsson <claes(at)gluefinance(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: JSON for PG 9.2 |
| Date: | 2011-12-19 23:42:38 |
| Message-ID: | 19C9A6A1-440B-46FF-B3BB-5E89E2B6C399@justatheory.com |
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On Dec 19, 2011, at 3:39 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> Well, no, JSON is formally “a lightweight data-interchange format.” It’s derived from JavaScript syntax, but it is not a programming language, so I wouldn’t say it was accurate to describe it as a subset of JS or ECMAScript.
Bah, it says “It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language, Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December 1999.” But my point still holds: it is not a programming language, and one does not need a PL to have a JSON data type.
Best,
David
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