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Re: [Json] Differences between RFC 4627 or the current ECMAScript specification

Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> Wed, 02 October 2013 20:48 UTC

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From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
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Subject: Re: [Json] Differences between RFC 4627 or the current ECMAScript specification
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Does it matter in the slightest to anyone on the planet what it was derived
from?


On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 1:44 PM, John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> wrote:

> R S scripsit:
>
> > I think we pretty clearly need to refer to 5.1 to do the comparison. We
> > can leave the old reference for the "derived from" text if we want.
>
> +1 on both points:  JSON is derived from the 3rd edition, but should be
> compared to the 5.1th (5.1st?) edition.
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