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by Ygg2 1149 days ago
JSON is perfectly human readable. Anyone claiming otherwise hasn't seen a binary format.

Where JSON mainly fails as config format is lack of comments. Comment provide help and structure when editing. While allowing to toggle functionality. Which is where trailing commas help.

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Binary format is perfectly human readable. Anyone claiming otherwise hasn't seen an encrypted binary format.
Encrypted binary format is perfectly human readable. It's not my fault you weren't born a savant. Anyone claiming otherwise hasn't seen white noise. /cj