[pkphilip]

For most data that is structured in JSON now, you could have easily done the same in XML using a simple text editor.

I agree with the author that XML is very similar to S expressions but with the brackets replaced by closing tags.

Parsing XML wasn't complex either. There have been many good libraries for it in pretty much most languages

[jklowden]

If only there was one good library. libxml2 is the leading one, and it has been beleaguered by problems internal and external. It has had ABI instability and been besieged by CVE reports.

I agree it shouldn’t be hard. On the evidence, though, it is. I suspect the root problem is lack of tools. Lex and yacc tools for Unicode are relatively scarce. At least that’s what’s set me back from rolling my own.

[lenkite]

What is wrong with xml-rs ?