[Zope-dev] Re: Exposing COM via XML-RPC or Something Else

[Edward Muller]

I do completly agree. I spent some more time looking at the specs. But what
languages/platforms is SOAP CURRENTLY implimented on? CURRENTLY being the key
here. XML-RPC is implimented in C/Python/Java, etc, etc....That means I can do
what I want to do from just about ANY OS, as a cgi script, or a java
applet....With SOAP I can't....

I do agree with you that SOAP would address my problem,
AND I WILL LOOK INTO DOING A PYTHON IMPLIMENTATION

...EAM...

Fredrik Lundh wrote:

> Edward Muller <edwardam at home.com> wrote:
> > I took a look at the SOAP specs at work, and it is basically XML-RPC with
> > some differences....
>
> so you didn't notice that SOAP addresses most of
> the limitations in XML-RPC (including support for
> None, better type support, support for cyclic
> data structures, etc)?
>
> or in other words, SOAP makes it possible to
> handle any Python data structure that can
> be Pickled.  XML-RPC doesn't.  definitely an
> improvement, also for those who'll only use
> it for Python-to-Python connections.
>
> > It looks like MS is at it again....designing YAAPI
> > (Yet Another API) to confuse the world....
>
> not this time.
>
> </F>