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I think a lot of the older APIs return XML and the SDKs abstract all that away. I imagine that uses even more
by nijave 5y ago
I think a lot of the older APIs return XML and the SDKs abstract all that away. I imagine that uses even more
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoXML is an interesting one; on the one side it's as inefficient as JSON due to encoding data to a text format and back again, but on the other because it's more formalized it allows transfer methods like EXI [0] to turn it into a highly efficient binary interchange protocol. In theory. This technology probably came in too little too late though, since by then JSON was starting to take over. [0] https://www.w3.org/TR/exi/ https://www.w3.org/TR/exi/