Protocol Buffers vs TOML
A side-by-side look at Protocol Buffers and TOML. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Protocol Buffers
Development
Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) is an open source serialization format developed by Google for serializing structured data. It is useful for communication protocols, data storage, and more. Protobuf is language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible and a popular alternative to JSON and XML.
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TOML
Development
TOML (Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language) is a minimal configuration file format that's easy to read due to obvious semantics. It's designed to map unambiguously to a hash table and is a good format for configuration files.
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