On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 1:28 AM, Jorge Williams < jorge.willi...@rackspace.com> wrote:
> Having said all of that, I realize that our devs are working in a dynamic > language, and don't see a lot of value in XML. It's important to take that > into consideration, but we should also be asking whether there's value to > our current clients and potential clients. Like it or not, there's a lot > of folks out there using static languages. > I actually think this is an important point (But in favor of JSON!). The OpenStack developers are writing in a dynamic language, python. This means the tooling and experience available will be biased towards JSON over XML for the most part. This, IMHO, will result in a less than perfect XML implementation. I would much prefer to see a single great XML or JSON implementation rather than two poor implementations. Combine that with the massive uptake of dynamic languages over recent years, and I would bet JSON is a more natural fit for a higher percent of developers and end users (Please notice I said "I would bet", not "I know"). Maybe RackSpace (or any other large operator..) can share some stats of the user-agents they see in the wild? Thanks, Kiall (A, likely biased, dynamic language guy ;))
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