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Posted to user@couchdb.apache.org by "c.Kleinhuis" <ck...@digitalgott.de> on 2010/05/14 11:11:14 UTC

arguments for couchdb - binary data output ?

 Hello,

one more question is, how is json output comparable to direct binary 
output, in my eyes
the json is the compactest human readable transfer format, and the 
difference json<->binary
is far less than compared to xml<->binary

what do you think ?


thx
ck

Re: arguments for couchdb - binary data output ?

Posted by Sebastian Cohnen <se...@googlemail.com>.

please start new threads when posting to the ML

but back to topic: I'm not sure what you want to know/hear. In terms of efficiency, sure, binary is much more "transport"-efficient then json/text. But json on the other hand is a perfect fit for web-centric application (json is a subset of javascript e.g.)...

On 14.05.2010, at 11:11, c.Kleinhuis wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> one more question is, how is json output comparable to direct binary output, in my eyes
> the json is the compactest human readable transfer format, and the difference json<->binary
> is far less than compared to xml<->binary
> 
> what do you think ?
> 
> 
> thx
> ck
>