> Ever notice how nobody calls their API “RESTpure”? Instead they call it “RESTful” or “RESTish”. Isn't that just because RESTful is a play on words? > For ex

> Ever notice how nobody calls their API “RESTpure”? Instead they call it “RESTful” or “RESTish”. Isn't that just because RESTful is a play on words? > For example, most web browsers have limited support for PUT or DELETE. Really? How? If anything browsers restrict these methods to exactly how they should be used (DELETE can't have postdata but PUT can). It's true that folks don't use PUT/DELETE much (the alternative works perfectly well though), but to me that's because they're unnecessary complexity, not browser support.