> Every API in the world is following some sort of paradigm, whether it knows it or not. They will fall under RPC, REST, or a “query language.” No. OpenSSL's A

> Every API in the world is following some sort of paradigm, whether it knows it or not. They will fall under RPC, REST, or a “query language.” No. OpenSSL's API, for instance, is neither of these. > XML-RPC was problematic, because ensuring data types of XML payloads is tough. No, it never was not problematic. It has always worked well and it still works well, it's just unsexy and has this XML stigma attached. > In XML, a lot of things are just strings [...] Apparently you have never seen XML-RPC. I suggest you actually take a look, you'd be surprised, especially that your precious JSON-over-HTTP REST has data model that is almost identical.