Re: Alas poor SOAP!, I knew him
SOAP failed because it couldn't be standardized. Well it could, but they it'd have to contend with what already worked identically i.e. PHP/C++/PERL/Java/whatever...
"...the hope of universal mini-services"
How about, the hope of locking people in with patented "web" API's...?
Not sure about the "all APIs are hard" bit, can you give an example? If you mean the error-checking/security then sure, but if you mean the interfacing....?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
