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Re: [apps-discuss] Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR)

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Wed, 22 May 2013 18:16 UTC

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From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 19:16:24 +0100
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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR)
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On 22 May 2013, at 19:04, Dave Crocker <dcrocker@bbiw.net> wrote:
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> I assume the nature of 'why' was for some discussion of the technical differences that justify the choice.

Right. This is an over-populated niche, and there need to be compelling reasons to disregard existing specs with running code.

Tony.
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