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papa-whisky on Dec 8, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: JSON5 – JSON for Humans

I think the name just means that it sits in-between JSON and ES5 (i.e., it's a superset of JSON and subset of ES5).

edit: well as this comment thread indicates, the name is pretty confusing for everyone :)

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