On Feb 12, 2008 7:42 PM, Michael McGlothlin <michaelm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > REST is the new SOAP. Yaml is the new XML. I'm guessing this news > > just hasn't made it into any PHP frameworks yet. > > > YAML doesn't seem significantly easier (faster & less intensive) to > parse than XML, it doesn't seem as flexible as XML, and it's less > familiar for developers to work with so I don't really see the benefit. > It seems to exist entirely because some people didn't like the way XML > looked. It might be slightly smaller than XML but that's hardly an issue > since you can always compress your data. YAML fits in the same boat as > people pushing binary XML. It doesn't really make a lot of sense. It's > almost always cheaper to throw more CPU time at a problem than man hours > and YAML is less obvious to work with than XML so it doesn't make > business sense. If you really want something fast and non-intensive to > parse then use tab-separated values or something similar. damn dude, i couldnt have put it better myself if i tried. i whole-heartedly agree. this is one situation where i feel throwing some hardware at it is totally appropriate. the only place you wont escape is the cost on the network, but you could always get more bandwidth too, right ? :) btw. if there are schemas or dtds out there for what im working on, i will always run my xml against them and that makes it pretty damn easy to track down problems. and if there isnt a dtd or schema file, its usually some syntax i whipped up for a little project. and yes, i know yaml has support for validation.. -nathan
