The primary reason why JSON does not support comments is that its creator, Douglas Crockford, deliberately removed them from the format to prevent misuse and keep it as a pure data-only format.
Crockford observed that some people were using comments to store parsing directives, which could break compatibility between different systems. Hence, the decision to remove comments to maintain the simplicity and consistency of the format across various programming languages and environments.
Crockford observed that some people were using comments to store parsing directives, which could break compatibility between different systems. Hence, the decision to remove comments to maintain the simplicity and consistency of the format across various programming languages and environments.
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/comments-in-json/
I vote for the minimalist heretic.
https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Heretical-Open-Source/