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Project Summary
Protocol Buffers are a way of encoding structured data in an efficient yet extensible format. Google uses Protocol Buffers for almost all of its internal RPC protocols and file formats.
In a Nutshell, Protocol Buffers...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
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took an estimated 223 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in July, 2008
ending with its most recent commit 1 day ago
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