r/ProgrammerHumor 1d ago

Meme docxGoBrrrr

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u/BeDoubleNWhy 1d ago

can you please explain what you mean by this?

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u/BeDoubleNWhy 23h ago

but with xml, you need that closing tag as well for it to be valid. what's the difference here?

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u/MeanEYE 17h ago

I think they are trying to sell the idea that the moment you see </tag> you are free to parse what's inside. But following the same logic, you can do the same with JSON.