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		mpunaskar on June 23, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is JSON so popular? Developers want out of the... first thing that comes to mind is saving on bandwith.imagine sending same amount data down the line with less bandwidth.

arocks on June 23, 2011 [–]

Actually early proponents of XML used to downplay this by claiming that it will be compressed on wire anyways and it's well-suited to higher compression

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