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Xenon Design Rationale: Why it is a better alternative to XML, JSON and YAML

• waynecochran 2y ago
  Death to angle brackets! Curious what the history of < and > characters are… pretty sure it wasn’t for brackets.
  • GeneThomas 2y ago
    They are for less than and greater than in mathematics!? They are good in markup for a number of reasons including that they stand out.
• gnabgib 2y ago
  Previous (contentious) discussion (24 points, 14 days ago, 142 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42038004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42038004
  • GeneThomas 2y ago
    Thanks. The linked document justifies all design decisions. Please try to make valid criticism.