Re: XMLSERVICE

Scott,

this is a meaningless discussion - like - what is CGI? - in old days it was
a slow running server script - on IBM I it is a very fast binary program
that can stay
active under a HTTP server job and respond in microseconds to various
requesters.

Most people in IBM I do se a RESTful service today as a CGI program that is
active
and just waits to serve incomming requests


On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

So... the definition of REST depends on the performance of your system?
If you have a fast system, all web services (including the SOAP ones)
are RESTful?

If you have a slow system, do you consider all web services to be SOAP? :-)


On 1/27/2012 9:45 AM, Henrik Rützou wrote:

Scott,

you are right in the original definition of a REST service, but today

nobody

uses PUT or DELETE and the common understanding of a REST service is
a service that is active on the server and respond to a request like a
"blink
in the eye" ;-)

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