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suckitude classifications [was Re: Keeping python code and database in sync]

Roy Smith roy at panix.com
Fri Aug 29 19:19:43 EDT 2014 
In article <mailman.13623.1409351910.18130.python-list at python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 5:02 AM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> > Speaking of suckitude, we could classify technologies that way:
> >
> > xml: major suckitude
> >
> > rpc: no suckitude
> >
> > python: negative suckitude
> 
> I disagree with your last two qualifications. RPC still sucks, just
> not as much as some things do.

Are we talking the generic concept of Remote Procedure Calls, or the 
specific implementation of Sun RPC?

I'm surprised at the reaction to the word, as if it were something new.  
I thought the term has been in common parlance for many years.  Contrast 
with winitude.

Anyway, I think it is unfair to describe xml as major suckitude.  True, 
it is somewhat outdated, with more modern alternatives such as JSON, 
YAML, protobuffers, etc.  In its day, however, it was a breakthrough 
technology, even if only an incremental outgrowth of SGML.
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