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Re:Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong by rualca on Saturday April 03, 2021 @10:53AM (#26681509)
> “Everything’s a file!”

I fail to see how HTTP and REST's "everything is a resource" paradigm is significantly different than UNIX's "everything is a file" paradigm, and I'm yet to see anyone claim that the freedom and power to open any HTML document (OMG a file!) made available through the internet is a mistake or a bad design decision.

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Re:Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong by wbl on Saturday April 03, 2021 @04:32PM (#26684461)
Several ways. In Unix files are streams of bytes. In HTTP resources are complex entities with MIME types, multiple representations, encodings, etc. HTTP URL structure supports parameters and there is a method for providing data and obtaining a result back, a sort of RPC.

On the other side Unix has users and permissions, HTTP does not and you have to build your own.

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