Charlie Coleman wrote: > > Richardo, you are absolutely correct. I think you're getting "arguments" > because some of the XML evangelists haven't been around a long time and > hadn't dealt with this kind of thing before. So they naturally think that > XML just "appeared" and has finally solved all the data interface/passing > problems. > Charlie, don't get me wrong. I don't have enough knowledge on the subject, I've never coded any web app or web service, but your arguments sounded reasonable enough, and some counter arguments were invalid and I wanted to point them out, it is a very interesting subject. I guess if I had to code some web service I'd go the XML way. It is easier to code (the libraries are everywhere). I wouldn't go straight to a binary format because it would be optimizing before it is needed. Later, if there are problems with speed/size and if I determine XML is the culprit, I would look for a proper binary solution, but not before.
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