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Re:How RESTful is Your API? by gizzlon on Monday August 27, 2012 @04:03AM (#4437881)
The problem with SOAP + WDSL was just that it was overly complex and, in my experience, never worked cross-platform & cross-language. And since it was so complex it was "¤%& impossible to debug at lower levels. Argh! I hate soap with such a vengeance it's actually embarrassing.
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Re:How RESTful is Your API? by coopernurse on Monday August 27, 2012 @03:41PM (#4440441)
Agreed. These problems (complex tooling, poor interop, non-human readable WSDL) were my motivation for writing Barrister RPC (a JSON-RPC implementation with a human readable IDL).

For those who find value in separating interface from implementation, you might take a gander.

http://barrister.bitmechanic.com/

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