logician76··on ECMA-404: The JSON Data Interchange Format [pdf]http://jsonlint.com/ expects [ or { first. http://zaach.github.io/jsonlint/ does not and seems to comply to the standard as I interpret it.
logician76··on ECMA-404: The JSON Data Interchange Format [pdf]So the standard says a valid JSON text complies to the JSON value grammar. So a valid JSON text can be just one JSON value, like a number or true or false.. however JSON linters always say they expect a { or [ ... who is right?