[Info-vax] First ship poll: When will the first native x86-64 compilers ship ?

[Craig A. Berry]

On 4/16/22 5:25 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 4/16/2022 6:14 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 4/16/2022 11:02 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>> Den 2022-04-16 kl. 13:28, skrev Bill Gunshannon:
>>>> On 4/15/22 22:10, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>>> On 4/15/2022 7:25 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>>> Cobol, Basic, Pascal, C etc. is just not the optimal language
>>>>>> for writing a new web service.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not on any platform.
>>>>>
>>>>> Really depends on the web service, doesn't it?
>>>
>>> And on the *definition* of "web services".
>>
>> There may not be a formal definition, but most developers have
>> a common understanding what such a thing is.
>>
>> Something like: a service intended to be used by client applications
>> based on web protocols typical XML/HTTP(S) or JSON/HTTP(S).
>>
>> Arne
>>
> 
> Well, there you go again, refining the definition to match your claims.  
> Of course that makes you right.
> 
> How about anything that offers some service that might be needed over 
> the internet?

Nope.  That would be an internet service.  A web service uses some
version of the HTTP protocol.  While that doesn't necessarily imply
REST, the simplicity of REST has made web services largely eclipse older
client-server protocols such as SOAP or Java RMI.