Re: [review][JSON] Review of JSON starts today: Sept 14 - Sept 23

From: Rainer Deyke (rdeyke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-09-16 07:57:40

On 15.09.20 16:44, Vinnie Falco via Boost wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 7:14 AM Rainer Deyke via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> I can see the attraction of
>> Boost.JSON's superior performance, and the attraction of incremental
>> parsing and serialization, but for my usage none of this matters.  CBOR
>> support, on the other hand does matter.
> 
> We are researching the topic. If you would like to weigh in, the issue
> can be tracked here:
> <https://github.com/CPPAlliance/json/issues/342>
> 
> One thing I will note, however. A Google search for "CBOR" produces
> 390,000 results while a Google search for JSON produces 188,000,000
> results. Now there is surely some margin of error in these numbers but
> I have to wonder how widespread is the use of CBOR.

That's a valid point, but I would counter that most applications that 
handle large amounts of JSON would benefit from using CBOR, and it's 
often lack of library support that's holding them back.

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Rainer Deyke (rainerd_at_[hidden])