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by e12e 3556 days ago
Poorly worded by me - it doesn't really matter how hard it is to write - it does matter how compact and readable it is - how long it takes to get an overview of what's wrong.

It's nice if it's easy to write - but the real test is read, comprehend, modify.

JSON merges the worst and most redundant parts of C and lisp.