My experience with SOAP and wizzles indicates that one of the primary problems with statically typed protocols is the proliferation of types. Corresponding types need to be created in each language, and these object representations reflect the original implementation language (server), rather than whatever idiosyncrasies fit the current language (client).
The core benefit the world gained by migrating to REST/JSON was the total simplification of types, and the ease of interacting with them in any language.
The core benefit the world gained by migrating to REST/JSON was the total simplification of types, and the ease of interacting with them in any language.