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> The idea of implementation language agnostic binary IDL is still powerful though. IDL is a downright nice specification language when compared to alternative
by _pmf_ 11y ago
> The idea of implementation language agnostic binary IDL is still powerful though.
IDL is a downright nice specification language when compared to alternatives with a similar power (I'm looking at you, ASN.1!).
- dcuthbertson 11y agoASN.1 wasn't so bad. In the 90's, I worked for a little company, Gradient Technologies, where we modified Kerberos to add authentication via Security Dynamics' key fobs. I hadn't seen ASN.1 before, but found it wasn't much effort.