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		whateveracct on Oct 11, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Arguing against using protobuffers The Googlers who designed Protobuffers’ type system were undeniably amateurs in that realm without knowledge of the state-of-the-art.

anothergoogler on Oct 11, 2018 [–]

Their goals were not to create the most academically sound type system. They were focused on engineering challenges. Read the comments here ti understand the authors' priorities and obstacles.

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