Thrift's RPC is (optionally) built on top of HTTP, but provides support for custom typesafe (kind-of) data structures and the conveniences of RPC. If you're sen

Thrift's RPC is (optionally) built on top of HTTP, but provides support for custom typesafe (kind-of) data structures and the conveniences of RPC. If you're sending data that's more complex than a single homogenous type, then delivering a structured message over RPC is a necessary abstraction.