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> "That's why you use a binary transport like gRPC." Unpopular option but it's true. Binary protocols are both bandwidth efficient and processor efficient. B
by ThrowawayR2 6y ago
> "That's why you use a binary transport like gRPC."
Unpopular option but it's true. Binary protocols are both bandwidth efficient and processor efficient. Back in the day, when a 25 MHz processor and 8 MB RAM was the spec for a powerful UNIX workstation with GUI, stuff like XML and JSON was simply not an option.