I've met SOAP when IBM was already pushing it, thus I may have completely missed the early days.
But I never even imagined I'd hear somebody say SOAP was more pleasant than CORBA. Yes, working with is CORBA barely better than hitting your foot several times with a hammer, but relative to SOAP, it's a breeze.
Anyway, it's kind of depressing that even now the best RPC we have to show is REST. It's a problem that looks so simple from a distance, why can't somebody build something really great here?
But I never even imagined I'd hear somebody say SOAP was more pleasant than CORBA. Yes, working with is CORBA barely better than hitting your foot several times with a hammer, but relative to SOAP, it's a breeze.
Anyway, it's kind of depressing that even now the best RPC we have to show is REST. It's a problem that looks so simple from a distance, why can't somebody build something really great here?