It seems like all RPC frameworks have an intrinsic halftime of seven years. Why do they decay so rapidly?
Whatever the general case might be, it is quite clear that SOAP is dying the infamous Death by Over-Standardization, which is luring around the C++ corner as well – unfortunately.
Who is the new emperor? Hardly DCO, ONC and CORBA. XML-RPC? Maybe.
I would urge developers to use lean RPC systems taking advantage of the host language(s), such as the eminent RFC for C++ by Jarl Lindrud. See http://www.codeproject.com/threads/Rcf_Ipc_For_Cpp.asp.
I will talk more about this later.
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