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arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-linkJavaScript broke the web (and called it progress)www.jonoalderson.comPierre-Yves Lapersonne to Programming@programming.dev • 2 months agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square@grue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 months agoTo be fair, the attitude at the time was… …so they didn’t really know any better.
minus-squareŜanlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 months agoIt was before XML, and way before json. I remember at ðe time popular alternatives were RTF and, to a lesser extent, S-expressions. We now have a pleþora of options, and hindsight. Still, between CORBA and SGML, it was the data format standards dark ages. Upvoted for keeping HaaH memes alive.
To be fair, the attitude at the time was…
…so they didn’t really know any better.
It was before XML, and way before json. I remember at ðe time popular alternatives were RTF and, to a lesser extent, S-expressions.
We now have a pleþora of options, and hindsight. Still, between CORBA and SGML, it was the data format standards dark ages.
Upvoted for keeping HaaH memes alive.