How does it compare to jq?

[mkpankov]

Is it expected to be a drop-in replacement? Or just inspired by it? Any difference besides being implemented in Rust?

[yamafaktory]

Hi @mkpankov!

The motivation behind this tool is neither to be a drop-in replacement nor something inspired by jq. jq API / features set is way beyond what jql tries to provide: a simple set of features that helps you dealing with JSON data. The grammar for the selectors is also quite different (it was slightly discussed here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23316685).

Also jql is "presumably" faster than jq, on comparable features, see #43 (because it's using serde & rayon underneath, which are fast). jq also tries to be a safer alternative, it tries to provide meaningful error messages.

Regarding this issue, would you mind if we continue the thread in #43? Or do you see it differently?

[mkpankov]

Ah, thanks. It's clear enough, I'm closing this issue.

[pickfire]

But IMHO jql is takes more effort compared to jq on extracting stuff considering it needs to type so many double quotes.