[jboss-as7-dev] json vs custom parser

[Jason T. Greene]

On 2/1/11 7:10 PM, David M. Lloyd wrote:
> IMO, the only reason we have a JSON parser/deparser at all is that
> _some_people_ (whom I will not name) think it's better because it's
> "standard-y" and seems easier to interface.  I have a suspicion that the
> binary protocol will supercede JSON in all use cases, including JS
> clients, due to performance and correctness reasons.  Though the burden
> is likely to fall on me to prove that. :)

The advantage of JSON is really ease of consumption. You can't get much 
easier than eval(response).

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