Can we *please* stop this? Superior in one way does not mean superior in all ways, and in fact implies strengths and weaknesses, which we all know by now is the case.
We need to build bridges not walls. Eric ----- Original Message ---- From: Mark Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:14:57 PM Subject: Re: [service-orientated-architecture] Anne on REST (Time for Spring WS v. REST Campaign to Open) On 6/6/07, Steve Jones <jones.steveg@ gmail.com> wrote: > > Nothing is magic. Anything can be done poorly. So, yes, it's > > ultimately up to the developer--as everything is. But if your > > application _does_ obey REST principles (which is what is implied by > > "doing REST"), then, yes, it surely does exhibit the properties stated > > earlier. > > No... it MIGHT exhibit them. You can obey the principles of REST and > still create a pig. No Steve, you cannot (at least not a "reliability pig") because ****ALL**** RESTful systems are stateless, and all stateless systems have superior reliability to an otherwise equivalent stateful one (for the reasons Pete previously gave). Mark. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/
