[mickael-kerjean]

> It started out relatively simple and easy to understand ....

when the specs for a data representation format evolved with XML bombs abilities, it has gone too far in trying to please everyone, and that is probably why JSON won in the long run, it's not perfect but stable and simple without crazy issues you have to worry about when parsing it. If XML had a Torvaldish kind of dictator who can afford to say no, I doubt JSON would have won