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"I'm not sure why you'd bother over an existing solution like protocol buffers." For context, protocol buffers did not exist when GSL was devised in 1995 (3 ye
by parksy 11y ago
"I'm not sure why you'd bother over an existing solution like protocol buffers."
For context, protocol buffers did not exist when GSL was devised in 1995 (3 years before google was founded). So in fact GSL _was_ the existing solution when google came up with protocol buffers.
Given GSL is still going strong 21 years after inception is a pretty solid testament to its utility.
- shadowmint 11y agoThey exist now. No one is denying this is a tool, a useful one at that... Im just not sure why you use it now, given the alternatives that do now exist.
- PieterH 11y agoprotobufs generates code for one model. GSL lets you build infinite generators for infinite models. Its like comparing an apple with a fruit farm.