> Brb, I'm off to invent another language independent IDL for API definitions that is only implemented by 2 of the 5 languages you need to work with.
Watch out, OpenAPI is now 3 versions deep and supports both JSON and YAML.
> Brb, I'm off to invent another language independent IDL for API definitions that is only implemented by 2 of the 5 languages you need to work with.
Watch out, OpenAPI is now 3 versions deep and supports both JSON and YAML.
If younger me had been told, "one day kid, you will miss working with XML", I'd have laughed.
YAML made me miss JSON. JSON made me miss XML.
The pattern I observe is that in old industries, people who paid the cost, try to come up with a big heavy solution (xml, xsd, xpath), but newcomers will not understand the need, and bail onto simpler ideas (json), until they hit the wall and start to invent their own (jsonschema, jquery).
same goes for java vs php/python
Definitely. And often, it's the right call, or the thing wouldn't generate any business value (such as money) at all in a reasonable time.
But boy, how messy spaghetti don't we get for it, sometimes.
(Invent their own, badly, at first. Sigh.)