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Mark Pilgrim: HTML 5 will not ... expose a native JSON parser for web content
HTML 5 may not, but the plan is that ECMAScript will (section 15.12). It is already supported in IE8 beta 2. Firefox has landed support, and is tracking it as a part of an overall plan to support ES3.1.
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Excerpt from programming: what's new online atWe’re definitely getting native JSON, whether HTML5 likes it or not. And I can’t wait. Mozilla is being smart about the implementation. They’re working with library developers to be sure that the libraries support it properly. From my perspective, I’ll just drop in an updated version of jQuery on my sites that use JSON, and they’ll instantly be faster in browsers that opt for native JSON. That’s a huge win for me.
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Excerpt from techno.blog("Dion") atWTF, Scott? Which part of “I recommend putting this forward as a proposal in the Web Apps group or the ES3.1/ES4 group” don’t you understand?
Posted by Mark atHow many Google employees does it take to figure out where JSON APIs are to be standardized?
Two or three to attend the ES 3.1 meetings.
One to propose it on the WHAT-WG list two weeks later.
One to answer, one month later, that ECMA or W3C might be a better place.
and one to blog about this exchange as evidence of HTML5’s austerity in the face scope creep.