Yes I have google a few times, but nothing that I got was usefull :( What I want to understand more is this: The way PB is constructed, an old SW can talk to an newer SW and they can get along using only what they understand, with little extra programing.
That per-se is probably close to what is called backward-and-forward compatibility. Just an example, if you plug a new SATA2 drive in an older machine and it works, the other way around too. (It uses a serial protocol too) What I want is to study what is behind those nice tricks. thanks for your attention, Alain Alek Storm escreveu: > Could you clarify a little more? I'd be happy to help, but you have > tried Googling this, right? > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Alain M. <ala...@pobox.com > <mailto:ala...@pobox.com>> wrote: > > > Hi, > > One of the big advantages of ProtBuf is the ability to make > comunications Forward *and* backward compatible beween versions. > > I would like to study the matter a little more, preferably not directly > related to PB, but in a neutral background (even XML could be). > > Can enyone send some reference about this topic? > > Thanks, > Alain Mouette > > > > > > > -- > Alek Storm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
