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What, exactly, prevents a binary protocol definition from being overly flexible and complex? I've seen quite a few like that, and I've seen quite a few simple a
by DougWebb 13y ago
What, exactly, prevents a binary protocol definition from being overly flexible and complex? I've seen quite a few like that, and I've seen quite a few simple and easy to parse text protocols.
- ajanuary 13y agoAttitude. One of the big advantages that seems to be touted for text protocols is easy to use manually by humans, and with that can come a desire to make it forgiving of human error. You can have simple text protocols and complex binary protocols, but it's more tempting to make text protocols more complex. (In this comment, simple/complex is in terms of syntax only)