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by TeMPOraL 4147 days ago
Do you plan to release it as open source in the event of getting acquihired?

On a more serious note, if SaaS APIs are function calls, this is an equivalent of a constant. Let's build a cloud programming language! Anyone wants to write cons, car, cdr, cond, quote and lambda SaaSes?
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cocozaza 4146 days ago
Webshell.io tried to use JavaScript as cloud programming language, transforming every API endpoint/API call into a JavaScript object. Then you could script APIs and SaaS using JavaScript. Check this article on why JavaScript is the glue for APIs http://apieconomist.com/blog/2013/6/26/api-days-are-here-aga...
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_almosnow 4147 days ago
how would you "glue" everything together?

seriously, something really cool could come out of this...

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towelguy 4147 days ago
As chained url encoded parameters? http://example.com/exec?http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fsum%3Fhtt...
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