* Dave Rolsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-24 17:55]: > The big advantage of using a Perl API is its expressiveness and > flexibility. Perl is a programming language. HTTP + > JSON|XML|YAML is not a programming language, and as such is > much less flexible.
Exactly. What you see as weakness can contrariwise be a great strength: cf. Principle of Least Power [1]. You cannot parse Perl without executing it; in contrast, JSON is easily read and repurposed. [1]: http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Principles.html#PLP Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/> _______________________________________________ List: [email protected] Listinfo: http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
