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> Have you considered some of the hacks that we have to use to make HTTP do what we want? Right, but this sounds like blaming a nail for permanently attaching
by bodhi 15y ago
> Have you considered some of the hacks that we have to use to make HTTP do what we want?
Right, but this sounds like blaming a nail for permanently attaching something when velcro would have been more suitable. Granted, we haven't had many other options, but to me the surprising thing is that HTTP is flexible enough that all of these hacks can be done.
> I am, however, interested in why so many people think REST is a magic bullet.
Human nature? ;)
- emperorpenguin 15y ago> Right, but this sounds like blaming a nail Well, more accurately, I'm blaming people who think that nails are awesome and the only way to do things - and in fact we should structure all our applications by making use of a relatively obscure aspect of how nails work :)