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

[gnabgib]

Previous (contentious) discussion (24 points, 14 days ago, 142 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42038004

[GeneThomas]

Thanks.

The linked document justifies all design decisions.

Please try to make valid criticism.

[waynecochran]

Death to angle brackets! Curious what the history of < and > characters are… pretty sure it wasn’t for brackets.

[GeneThomas]

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.