On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 02:25:23PM -0500, Jeremy Bowers wrote:
> Timm Murray wrote:
> >I don't want to discourage you, but a bit of warning: a lot of people 
> >around here don't like XML, and you'll probably get a lot of flack for 
> >pushing it (the last guy did).  But if you make something that can really 
> >prove its worth, people will respect you.
> 
> The point of XML-RPC is not the "XML", it's the wide variety of 
> implementations.
> 
> http://www.xmlrpc.com/directory/1568/implementations
> 
> And I'm not convinced that's all of them, either.
> 
> The XML is just a convenient format. This is in contrast to the 
> quickly-bloating SOAP, where XML is an issue and every stupid, asinine 
> XML standard is complexifying it every which way possible.
> 
> Unfortunately, I was just tossing together a quick Freenet-based project 
> with a little extra time; I'm already committed on other open-source 
> projects and can't spend the time to add an XML-RPC interface. But I 
> would recommend adding that to any long-term wishlist you may be keeping 
> around, or list of ways that people can contribute without needing to 
> understand the protocol intimately; it would increase the value of the 
> software significantly.
FCP really isn't difficult. It's much easier than a modern
implementation of HTTP, for example. FNP is of course a total pig.
> 
> In the meantime, I totally understand that your current priority is 
> basically "get the *(#*%@'in thing working", so this is not a demand or 
> criticism. Thanks for a kick-ass free speech tool.
> 
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