On Fri, 25 May 2007, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
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.
I understand the concept. My take is that REST is nice for providing a
_limited_ external API, but awkward for doing everything you might want to
do with your own app.
-dave
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