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Tue, 17 Jun 2003
Languages vs protocols
Ben Hyde's delightful
article about scripting languages captures the essence of my recent ponderings about an open source CLR:
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People tend to get all fixated on the role of protocols (XML et. al.) as the tool for creating openness and interoperability across the Internet. That maybe a mistake. It maybe we should be a lot more conscience about the role of a diverse population of languages in this game. That a world of one language is, in time, a monotheistic world. That world, while possibly somewhat more efficient, encourages a monopoly.
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