One of the things in life I really regret is suggesting SOAP on a project. I thought it was just a packaged, somewhat elaborated version of a semi-reasonable X

One of the things in life I really regret is suggesting SOAP on a project. I thought it was just a packaged, somewhat elaborated version of a semi-reasonable XML-RPC type thing --- and worse, that the idea that it was standardized meant that you could count on some kind of half-decent interoperability. It was initially sold that way, but that was just the first of a parade of sales pitches, hilariously chronicled here, http://wanderingbarque.com/nonintersecting/2006/11/15/the-s-stands-for-simple/ http://wanderingbarque.com/nonintersecting/2006/11/15/the-s-... --- endlessly shifting as if seen through a fun-house mirror.