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		bunderbunder 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Red Programming Language The protocol buffer / grpc definition language is another great example of where a DSL can shine. Especially if you compare it to efforts to accomplish basically the same task using pre-existing languages, such as OpenAPI (JSON) and WCF (XML).

mdaniel 3 months ago [–]

Captain Pedant here, but OpenAPI also accepts yaml which suffers from a ton less { and "

gRPC and I are not friends and I've thankfully never needed to interact with WCF

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