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> I'm just proposing a structured stream of data instead of an unstructured one. That's basically what an API is.

• mattdeboard 14y ago
  You are confusing the "how" (the API specification) with the "what" (the data the API exists to provide access to).
  • Arelius 14y ago
    > I'm experimenting with the idea of letting people specify the output of command-line utilities as a Protocol Buffer schema, for example: Looks like an API spec to me
• darkarmani 14y ago
  So things like CSV, XML, and JSON are APIs now?
  • Arelius 14y ago
    Can any of those not be an interface to an application layer?
    • haberman 14y ago
      Plain text also "can be an interface to an application layer" (see SMTP, IMAP, POP, etc). Your argument is meaningless.