From: David Flanagan <david@...>
Date: 2007-07-25T04:06:22+09:00
Subject: Re: What libraries to be unbundled?

James Edward Gray II wrote:
> On Jul 24, 2007, at 1:39 PM, David Flanagan wrote:
> 
>> I don't think that json should be unbundled.  It is the interchange 
>> format of choice for Ajax applications, and I think it is going to see 
>> more and more use. It even has its own RFC!  If anything, I think that 
>> json support should be migrated into the core!
> 
> Ruby is a general purpose programming language.  One use it gets put to 
> is building Web applications.  One subuse in that domain is to involve 
> some AJAX.  JSON is sometimes helpful in that.
> 
> I'm pretty sure a "gem install json" is an OK amount of one-time hassle 
> for the percentage of cases where all those conditions apply.
> 
> Of course, that's just my opinion and it's obvious that the core team 
> found it important enough to include.
> 
> James Edward Gray II
> 

Obviously, I'm only stating my opinion about the relative importance of 
JSON, too. And I think that is what NaHi was asking for.

Your argument seems to be:

    if it is only useful for a small subset of programs, then unbundle it

If you follow this to its logical conclusion, I think you'll end up 
unbundling almost the entire standard library!

   David