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Serialization formats are like indentation styles. Dead easy to pick or invent one, nearly impossible to convince others to switch to it.

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Yes! For that reason, I also have my own: https://github.com/albertz/binstruct

The significant thing about XML is not that it's any good, but that everyone switched to it. I predicted this meant XML would win forever... but JSON does seem to be catching up.

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