Steve, On Aug 14, 2010, at 7:05 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
> > > > > On 13 August 2010 22:10, Jan Algermissen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Aug 12, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Steve Jones wrote: > > > Flexibility often comes from rigidity and control rather than an ability to > > change > > [sound of looong head scratching] > > > Power is nothing without control. Yes, agreed. I was scratching because of the second half "...rather than the ability to change". In my thinking "the ability to change" implies controlled change, not "being unconstrained and hence able to change". > > Put it this way, HTTP works because its RIGID, SMTP works because its rigid. > Micro-processors work because their instruction sets are pretty rigid. Ok, agreed then. Interestingly, REST achieves the evolvability by prohibiting change in almost all aspects except the message body types. Jan > > Oddly though lots of people then look at this and thing that flexibility > comes from change, for normal people this is odd, for REST people its simply > gobsmacking. > > Steve > > > > > Jan > > ----------------------------------- > Jan Algermissen, Consultant > NORD Software Consulting > > Mail: [email protected] > Blog: http://www.nordsc.com/blog/ > Work: http://www.nordsc.com/ > ----------------------------------- > > > > > > ----------------------------------- Jan Algermissen, Consultant NORD Software Consulting Mail: [email protected] Blog: http://www.nordsc.com/blog/ Work: http://www.nordsc.com/ -----------------------------------
