I wanted to start a small discussion to see if there is any interest in supporting alternative wire protocols or perhaps junking Thrift to some degree.
Some options: * Use JSON over HTTP * Use BSON over...something (http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/BSON) * Use ASN.1 over...something * Use Protocol Buffers over...something * Use Thrift, but package Cassandra-specific clients for each language I have not thought too coherently about this but generic Thrift seems to be a pain point for everybody. Evan -- Evan Weaver
