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Re: JSON for PG 9.2

David E. Wheeler <david@justatheory.com>

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From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@justatheory.com>
To: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Jan Urbański <wulczer@wulczer.org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Joey Adams <joeyadams3.14159@gmail.com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Claes Jakobsson <claes@gluefinance.com>, PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Jan Wieck <janwieck@yahoo.com>
Date: 2011-12-19T23:42:38Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Dec 19, 2011, at 3:39 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:

> Well, no, JSON is formally “a lightweight data-interchange format.” It’s derived from JavaScript syntax, but it is not a programming language, so I wouldn’t say it was accurate to describe it as a subset of JS or ECMAScript.

Bah, it says “It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language, Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December 1999.” But my point still holds: it is not a programming language, and one does not need a PL to have a JSON data type.

Best,

David