On the other hand some of the most powerful and widely used programs are those that operate on byte arrays with schemas in-band (the web) or otherwise specified at runtime (SQL).
Imagine if you needed to write C structs in Nginx or Postgres corresponding to all the business objects and data types they’re going to touch. Worse, imagine you need to thread them through all the implementation!
Many business applications are written that way. I think there are opportunities on the table to stop doing it.
Imagine if you needed to write C structs in Nginx or Postgres corresponding to all the business objects and data types they’re going to touch. Worse, imagine you need to thread them through all the implementation!
Many business applications are written that way. I think there are opportunities on the table to stop doing it.