Re:AsyncAPI vs. OpenAPI: Answers to Your Burning Questions
by staticassertion on Thursday September 09, 2021 @02:58PM
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> Umm, yes, there were no APIs before the 2000s. Even ignoring non-web APIs there were plenty of pre-SOAP attempts at APIs on the web. XML-RPC was created in 1998 and is the direct predecessor to SOAP.
They didn't say SOAP was the first. They said APIs have been around for a long time, and brought up an older method that's probably relatable for many as an "old" attempt.
> I'm not sure I should really put much trust in a blog post by an author that doesn't even know his own Twitter handle.
Understanding of APIs and ability to avoid typos are likely extremely unrelated.
They didn't say SOAP was the first. They said APIs have been around for a long time, and brought up an older method that's probably relatable for many as an "old" attempt.
> I'm not sure I should really put much trust in a blog post by an author that doesn't even know his own Twitter handle.
Understanding of APIs and ability to avoid typos are likely extremely unrelated.