From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2007-07-25T06:01:56+09:00
Subject: Re: What libraries to be unbundled?


On Jul 24, 2007, at 11:39 , 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!

I'm not going to repeat Jame's concerns, but I agree with him.

What I don't really understand is the sentiment of migrating into  
core (read: translating to C). The lower you push the code:

+ the more bugs it'll have
+ the less malleable it is
+ the less it'll evolve

By having it in standard lib, you keep it ruby, making my first two  
points moot. But you still have the problem of hindering evolution.  
By externalizing the library, it can be released independently of  
ruby and can mature at any pace it wants.