[Openstack] Image API v2 Draft 4
Kiall Mac Innes
kiall at managedit.ie
Fri Apr 13 14:55:59 UTC 2012
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 1:28 AM, Jorge Williams <
jorge.williams at 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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