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If you find the first statement controversial then I suggest stepping outside of the world of HN once in a while. As to the second claim, SOAP is very popular
by absconditus 16y ago
If you find the first statement controversial then I suggest stepping outside of the world of HN once in a while.
As to the second claim, SOAP is very popular with Java and .Net developers, especially when they have taken up the latest fad, SOA. There are also entire industries, such as healthcare, that are heavily pushing SOAP-based standards for data exchange.
- ebiester 16y agoSOAP seems to have its niches, but I live in the enterprise world myself and even those using SOA seem to be moving away from SOAP when they can. And when it comes to medical systems, most of the time JSON wouldn't be enough anyway.