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Whoever thought supporting sexagesimal numbers was a good idea needs to spend some extended time away from their computer to reflect on what they’ve done
by phpnode 1y ago
Whoever thought supporting sexagesimal numbers was a good idea needs to spend some extended time away from their computer to reflect on what they’ve done
- chrisandchris 1y agoWe wanted a file format that's easy to read and less verbose than xml and all we got was something that is so full of pitfalls that it would be easier just not to use it.
- microtherion 1y agoPresumably that was to support time values.
- Ajedi32 1y agoThat makes sense, but I think the vast majority of tools that need time values would actually expect users to just input a string and parse that themselves. IMO anything other than the basic types supported by JSON (number, true, false, null) ought to be be parsed as a string. Or if you really insist, some kind of special syntax to make it clear it's not a string would probably be acceptable.
- imglorp 1y agoDoes anyone do it that way?
- VMG 1y agoWhat do you mean by "support"?
- microtherion 1y agofastest_mile: 2:54 Not saying it's a good idea, mind you, but at least it's an ethos.