[bop-devel] Python gateway module

[Ivan Kohler]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 04:23:39PM -0700, Jo Rhett wrote:
> 
> On Aug 23, 2006, at 3:39 AM, Ivan Kohler wrote:
> >It would be really interesting to work towards having a central,
> >language-neutral repository that contains descriptions of payment
> >gateways - probably something like XML/YAML, even though I'm not a  
> >True
> >Believer.  Tt would be great to get to the point someday where all  
> >that
> >needed to be written was a generic "gateway description" and the
> >interfaces in Perl, Python, etc. would all then be available.
> 
> Um, other than "central" what you are describing is API  
> documentation, which is exactly what each of payment gateways already  
> provides.

No, I'm talking about machine-parsable gateway descriptions that 
programs in various languages can read, not English API documentation 
humans can read.

They're not equivalent unless you have a solution to the 
natural-language problem hidden up your sleeve.  :)

-- 
_ivan