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Re:Red Programming Language by bunderbunder on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @05:00PM (#44056281)
The protocol buffer / grpc definition language is another great example of where a DSL can shine. Especially if you compare it to efforts to accomplish basically the same task using pre-existing languages, such as OpenAPI (JSON) and WCF (XML).
Re:Red Programming Language by mdaniel on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @10:20PM (#44058157)
Captain Pedant here, but OpenAPI also accepts yaml which suffers from a ton less { and "

gRPC and I are not friends and I've thankfully never needed to interact with WCF