I think some of this bantering about has been fun to watch. I know from my shallow memory, the first thing that comes to my mind is that it is EVIL. But then I have to think a bit deeper why it is evil. Ahh. Exposure to unintended results. Not a good thing. Anyways I enjoyed the discussion and the reminders of why it is evil.
Thanks you all.... Rich Jim Freeze wrote: > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Michael D. Ivey <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Jan 8, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Jim Freeze wrote: >> >>> I think specifically the problem here (and the real reason this should >>> not be done) is that a crawler (using get requests) can actually >>> delete an object. >>> To me, this is the real danger and the real issue and the reason for >>> avoiding this type of web coding. Not because "it's evil", or "it will >>> make the web unhappy" or "Matt won't be my friend". ;-) >>> >> That's why it's evil and that's why it makes the web unhappy. They're >> the same thing. >> > > My point was that some people like to know the real cost. There are > numerous examples of people succeeding by going against accepted > convention. Just saying something is evil is a lame explanation. (Good > thing DHH didn't listen to people saying what he was doing was evil). > Saying 'it is evil' is no where near the same as saying 'your data > could be destroyed by accident'. > > Jim > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "merb" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/merb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
