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oneeyedpigeon
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ECMA-404: The JSON Data Interchange Format [pdf]
Why can the solidus (/) be escaped?
oneeyedpigeon
on Oct 11, 2013
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Oh, god - apparently, it's to support IE5.5 and to allow "</script>" to be embedded in a "<script></script>" pair and not be interpreted as closing the script. I wish I hadn't asked, and I wish I hadn't then gone and found out ...
alternize
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thanks. was wondering the same...
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