I'm interested in Avro as kind of a better Thrift, but that's still pretty alpha.
I'm not really interested in stuff that's going to be Much Slower like anything over http (Jay from Voldemort said that's basically a waste of time and I believe him) or anything that requires hand-writing clients for each language (everything else?). -Jonathan On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Evan Weaver<[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
