eric wrote:

This looks a lot like a previous discussion where we have to choose between a binary or a text protocol :)
 

Very true. :)

Also brought up twice since then is essentially this question/point:

"instead of arguing about semantics, what do you want it to _do_?"

Sometimes it's fun to get bogged down in small details, but it is ultimately counter-productive as we seem to have only a certain amount of inertia/motivation to talk about a replacement protocol.  No sense squandering it. ;)

- Todd