"The tech folks", "text based therefore simple", suggesting anybody ever used XML and simple in one sentence, implying http would be better off binary, … how can such a small comment pack such a misleading punch.
Impressive, in a way.
The point isn't text → simple (semantics), it's text > binary (syntax).
Complexity is mostly a property of semantics, text vs binary is about the syntax used to convey those semantics. For the same semantics, text is easier to debug than binary. That's all.
Impressive, in a way.
The point isn't text → simple (semantics), it's text > binary (syntax).
Complexity is mostly a property of semantics, text vs binary is about the syntax used to convey those semantics. For the same semantics, text is easier to debug than binary. That's all.
XMPP bad. Binary XMPP worse. Etc.