Xenon Design Rationale: Why it is a better alternative to XML, JSON and YAML (xenondata.org)

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Death to angle brackets! Curious what the history of < and > characters are… pretty sure it wasn’t for brackets.

They are for less than and greater than in mathematics!? They are good in markup for a number of reasons including that they stand out.

Previous (contentious) discussion (24 points, 14 days ago, 142 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42038004

Thanks.

The linked document justifies all design decisions.

Please try to make valid criticism.