Jan Algermissen wrote: > > > > On Dec 9, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Stefan Tilkov wrote: > > > It's poorly understood, at least by many. So what? > > I found Roy's recent words rather helpful with regard to > understanding what > REST is trying to achieve. See http://jalgermissen.com/2005/11/blog/ > <http://jalgermissen.com/2005/11/blog/> > 2006/09/11/19/
I think that Roy's comments on REST are not new information. It has always been good software design, to expose the least about implementation. Developers will choose to use as much existing software as is possible. They will imagine and then try and prove as much about the actions of an API as they have time and resources to abuse. This is not something new about REST, and REST as a name doesn't guarentee this. Only through architecture and development practices will these attributes become a reality. Gregg Wonderly
