The lessons of REST are straightforward in the context of human-machine interaction. The common confusion happens when trying to apply it to machine-machine int

The lessons of REST are straightforward in the context of human-machine interaction. The common confusion happens when trying to apply it to machine-machine interaction. I've never seen anyone make much of a case for REST in that context, not even its creator. If the server can evolve new functions independent of the client then it seems to me that the client has to evolve new intentions independent of the server. At present, clients can only do that with a human operator.