> Maybe I'm reading more into this than you meant to imply but > I think it's a mistake to assume that REST can't scale and > that SOAP is required for 'serious' work. Arguably REST > scales _better_ than SOAP.
Apparently; "querying Amazon using REST is 6 times faster than with SOAP" [1] There are pros and cons against both [2]. Generally speaking however, the lighter weight REST does seems to chew less resources and have more standardized _built-in_ security [3]. -dan [1] http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2003/10/30/amazon_rest.html [2][a] http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/79282_2.htm [b] http://res.sys-con.com/story/apr05/79282/table1.jpg [3] http://www.devx.com/DevX/Article/8155 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
