Luke-Jr [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2011-12-19 🗒️ Summary of this message: Stick to simple ...
📅 Original date posted:2011-12-19
🗒️ Summary of this message: Stick to simple standards like HTTP instead of using JSON which has poor language support and cannot represent binary data effectively.
📝 Original message:On Monday, December 19, 2011 2:56:09 AM Jorge Timón wrote:
> For the "answer format" JSON seems ok,
I'd prefer we stick to simple standards.
HTTP alone should really be fine to build on...
JSON in particular has very poor language support, and cannot reasonably
represent binary data (such as a custom output script). The HTTP
specification, however, allows binary data in multipart content just fine.
🗒️ Summary of this message: Stick to simple standards like HTTP instead of using JSON which has poor language support and cannot represent binary data effectively.
📝 Original message:On Monday, December 19, 2011 2:56:09 AM Jorge Timón wrote:
> For the "answer format" JSON seems ok,
I'd prefer we stick to simple standards.
HTTP alone should really be fine to build on...
JSON in particular has very poor language support, and cannot reasonably
represent binary data (such as a custom output script). The HTTP
specification, however, allows binary data in multipart content just fine.