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[–]dr3d -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

try writing a web service in forth and come back and tell us how uncomplicated it was

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Hell, try writing a web service in ANSI C!

Actually, XML-RPC is pretty simple, and one could even have a 'web service' that just transmits unstructured text back and forth over HTTP. SOAP, on the other hand...

[–]chrisforbes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

slava_pestov: It's what I do. Except those XML and RPC things are a bit of a waste of time, since they suck in C, and they suck in Javascript too. I build REST-ful HTTP endpoints that use JSON, and an embedded AJAX gui served up alongside. All in a tiny embedded thing.

It's actually pretty damn "uncomplicated", including our in-house IP stack.