From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: In memory Stream Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 23:44:54 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 23:44:54 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ddd376f1c1df309f4c794f01086d8954"; logging-data="1589510"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+BgWAe3iE3F3AloF8Ey8Sm" User-Agent: Pan/0.155 (Kherson; fc5a80b8) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pt5MaXq5XWZRaFD0MU73qH2nPfM= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:66099 List-Id: On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 23:10:07 +0100, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > On 2024-02-18 21:58, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:02:32 +0100, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: >> >>> There is no need in XDR, JSON, ASN.1 or other data representation >>> mess. They are just worthless overhead. >> >> Most languages nowadays have JSON libraries readily available. That is >> a very easy format to use for passing structured data between >> processes. > > It is easy to jump down the stairwell too. Though I would not recommend > such course of action... Fun fact: you can prove any argument just by coming up with a suitably spurious analogy. For example, your argument is wrong, just by virtue of the fact that cats land on their feet.