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> Not that JSON has much merits either

I want to know more on why you think so? 

Since virtually every web 'distributed architecture' since 2010 decided to go 'string based', what could be more appropriate than Json? 

Is it the 'string based' approach that itches you? 

...

I know protobuf is serialization of structured primitive types and grpc handle these as a form of rpc over http2.

I know grpc is available for many languages and therefore makes a viable alternative to Json in an heterogeneous network of services.

I also know Ada has no implementation of protobuf and/or grpc.

Where do we go from there?