On 11/12/05, Michael Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > XML-RPC is very simple way for non-browser apps. XML-RPC is available > in many > Languages, and is very simple to use. Another benefit is that many of > the developer that write our stand-alone apps do not write web apps. > It seems to be easier for these developers to use XML-RPC then HTTP > directly. > > Many of our tools are written in perl, java, or C++. XML-RPC makes it > very easy for a stand alone app to communicate with the server without > having to parse html or understand JSON.
You're right that XML-RPC is more packaged up. You can certainly make an HTTP request from any language. And, you can read JSON from basically any language (check the list near the bottom of the page): http://www.crockford.com/JSON/index.html But, the two are not integrated together. I'm certainly a believer in the value of integration for many common cases. Rather than ducking under the XML-RPC shield, you could duck under the REST shield :) Kevin
