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vicaya
uggh, yet another xml api. Either use JSON or something like Thrift or ProtoBuf.
IsaacSchlueter
Look closer.

YQL can output results in either JSON or XML. It just uses XML for table definitions, and as one of several ways to extract data from web services.

sh1mmer
Also does JSONP for use in the front-end.

It would be nice, vicaya, if you fact checked before throwing stones.

vicaya
One needs to deal with large amount of XML for non-pre-canned query. That's a fact.
vicaya
Well, majority of the meat/bindings/scripts etc is written in XML. If you want to use something other than prewritten samples, you'll have to deal with XML. Period.
IsaacSchlueter
So you would not want to use any service that uses XML for any purpose, even if it could output its results in JSON?

That seems irrational.