Re: [jug-discussion] Google's Wire Format Goes Open Source

2008-07-19 Thread Thomas Hicks
Sorry for the delayed responsemy ISP's spam filter suddenly decided that JUG discussions were spam (whereas, previously, they were not).sometimes I hate computers. At 09:57 AM 7/14/2008, you wrote: Yeah, we have a huge case of NIH syndrome. This isn't the half of it, trust me. :) OTOH

Re: [jug-discussion] Google's Wire Format Goes Open Source (resend)

2008-07-17 Thread Thomas Hicks
At 03:15 PM 7/10/2008, Nick wrote: This is pretty cool: http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2008/07/protocol-buffers-googles-data.html Protocol buffers are *the* lingua franca for RPCs, structured data storage, and just about any data sharing you can think of at Google. If you're building a d

Re: [jug-discussion] Google's Wire Format Goes Open Source

2008-07-14 Thread nlesiecki
Yeah, we have a huge case of NIH syndrome. This isn't the half of it, trust me. :) OTOH, some of the systems we've built ourselves have been blockbuster hits that enable much of what you know as "Google" today. In response to your comment about backward compatibility, Protocol Buffers are a

Re: [jug-discussion] Google's Wire Format Goes Open Source

2008-07-14 Thread Thomas Hicks
At 03:15 PM 7/10/2008, Nick wrote: This is pretty cool: http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2008/07/protocol-buffers-googles-data.html Protocol buffers are *the* lingua franca for RPCs, structured data storage, and just about any data sharing you can think of at Google. If you're building a d

Re: [jug-discussion] Google's Wire Format Goes Open Source

2008-07-11 Thread Kit Plummer
old skewl serial processing. On Jul 11, 2008, at 8:34 AM, nlesiecki wrote: Stop bits? On Jul 11, 2008, at 1:08 AM, William H. Mitchell wrote: At 09:53 PM 7/10/2008, Chad wrote: These kids and their new-fangled protocols. XML was good enough for my grandfather, and it's good enough for me!

Re: [jug-discussion] Google's Wire Format Goes Open Source

2008-07-11 Thread nlesiecki
Stop bits? On Jul 11, 2008, at 1:08 AM, William H. Mitchell wrote: At 09:53 PM 7/10/2008, Chad wrote: These kids and their new-fangled protocols. XML was good enough for my grandfather, and it's good enough for me! Why, we had to make our angle brackets out of two sticks and baling wire...

Re: [jug-discussion] Google's Wire Format Goes Open Source

2008-07-11 Thread Chad Woolley
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:08 AM, William H. Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I took a look at that link but the documentation seems incomplete -- I > didn't see anything about specifying the number of stop bits. What was it Brian said about Java being the new Assembly? --

Re: [jug-discussion] Google's Wire Format Goes Open Source

2008-07-11 Thread William H. Mitchell
At 09:53 PM 7/10/2008, Chad wrote: These kids and their new-fangled protocols. XML was good enough for my grandfather, and it's good enough for me! Why, we had to make our angle brackets out of two sticks and baling wire... I took a look at that link but the documentation seems incomplete --

Re: [jug-discussion] Google's Wire Format Goes Open Source

2008-07-10 Thread Chad Woolley
These kids and their new-fangled protocols. XML was good enough for my grandfather, and it's good enough for me! Why, we had to make our angle brackets out of two sticks and baling wire... On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Warner Onstine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very cool Nick, thanks for sha

Re: [jug-discussion] Google's Wire Format Goes Open Source

2008-07-10 Thread Warner Onstine
Very cool Nick, thanks for sharing! -warner On Jul 10, 2008, at 3:15 PM, nlesiecki wrote: This is pretty cool: http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2008/07/protocol-buffers- googles-data.html Protocol buffers are *the* lingua franca for RPCs, structured data storage, and just about any

[jug-discussion] Google's Wire Format Goes Open Source

2008-07-10 Thread nlesiecki
This is pretty cool: http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2008/07/protocol-buffers-googles-data.html Protocol buffers are *the* lingua franca for RPCs, structured data storage, and just about any data sharing you can think of at Google. If you're building a distributed system and want to pa