Good point. They are quite similar. I guess it is mainly because Dremel is developed by Google, and explain how to use Protocol Buffer in paper. Thus, Protocol Buffers are adopted in Drill by default. :-)
> From: [email protected] > Subject: Thrift? > Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 11:16:11 +0100 > To: [email protected] > > All, > > I'm wondering: Protocol Buffers (and Avro) is mentioned a couple of times > both in the proposal and in the git README but no mention of Apache Thrift > [1] at all. > > Based on uptake and being a top-level Apache project, I think we might want > to consider re-using/basing Drill on Thrift, or, at least, mention it as an > option? > > Cheers, > Michael > > [1] http://thrift.apache.org/ > > -- > Michael Hausenblas > Ireland, Europe > http://mhausenblas.info/ >
