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Wow, some minor complaints on language formality issues, then discredit the thing as a whole. But in the end, the author probably does not understand PB solves
by justicezyx 8y ago
Wow, some minor complaints on language formality issues, then discredit the thing as a whole.
But in the end, the author probably does not understand PB solves the inter-language data sharing problem, which makes all its complain secondary and inconsequential.
It's like complaining a car that drives fast and has great gas efficiency of cannot talk. (Well in 2018, it might be less of a stretch to demand a car that can talk)
- wtetzner 8y ago> But in the end, the author probably does not understand PB solves the inter-language data sharing problem, which makes all its complain secondary and inconsequential. Huh? It's a serialization format. This problem has been solved many times in many different ways. The author is pointing out that Protobufs were designed poorly, and they didn't have to be.
- justicezyx 8y ago> This problem has been solved many times in many different ways. Mind provide examples of such tools.
- cakebrewery 8y agoPlain old JSON, with types defined.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 8y agoWay too slow even at moderate scale.
- wtetzner 8y agoThere's thrift, msgpack, Avro, ASN.1, JSON, XML, BSON, S-Expressions, EDN, etc.