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On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:02:32 +0100, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

> There is no need in XDR, JSON, ASN.1 
> or other data representation mess. They are just worthless overhead.

Most languages nowadays have JSON libraries readily available. That is a 
very easy format to use for passing structured data between processes.