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Re:REST Anti-Patterns (2008) by coldtea on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @02:25PM (#14310390)
>HTTP != REST though, as the article notes.

The article might note it, and Roy might insist on it, but nobody cares.

For all intents and purposes, what people call REST in practical use is RPC over HTTP with JSON responses.

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Re:REST Anti-Patterns (2008) by boubiyeah on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @02:36PM (#14310477)
But then these people are just very wrong. No point encouraging them either :)
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Re:REST Anti-Patterns (2008) by shados on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @11:21PM (#14313631)
The entire industry is just people who are very wrong hitting critical mass until no one remembers what was right.
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