On: C++ in Coders at Work

[haberman]

> or example: In C, C++, Java, or related, you "first" have to build you structure to represent a Person with first_name and last_name

Not if you're using Protocol Buffers, which is essentially a version of JSON that has "batteries included."

> Lisp ver:

Lisp is not the only programming language around. How am I going to consume that data from another language? Embed an entire Lisp interpreter?