Note on usefulness of streams as distinct from lists

2012-05-27 14:40:19 +01:00 · 2012-05-27 14:40:19 +01:00 · 198d62c22a
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@ -78,3 +78,8 @@ is equivalent to
 "Having metrics around as many things as possible really helped us
 identify a difficult problem to diagnose."
  -- https://github.com/blog/767-recent-services-interruptions
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+@DRMacIver suggests that streaming is useful in a codec, but that it
+should be distinct from lists; this is a really nice idea! The ideal
+codec, then, would support dictionaries, lists, and *streams* as a
+distinct kind of thing.