[Info-vax] REST (was: Re: DECserver/LAT across DECnet areas?)

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2023-07-24 17:22:31 +0000, Simon Clubley said:

> On 2023-07-24, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Ok, you people are confusing me.  (Not hard to do these days.)
>> 
>> Is it being claimed that there are implementations of HTTP/HTTPS that 
>> do not use  sockets?
>> 
> 
> No. The claim is that HTTPS in becoming the protocol "base layer" that 
> people write applications against instead of the underlying TCP/IP 
> layer.

REST connections are common for apps. OpenVMS lacks integrated 
libraries and frameworks for using that approach, though.

REST is good for shoveling around requests and responses, and not so 
good at transactions and shoveling whole databases around.

REST is particularly good at connecting mobile apps to outside 
networks, as HTTPS connections are only rarely blocked.

ActiveMQ, ActiveMQ Artemis, RabbitMQ, and ilk work better for transactions.

But these discussions all go back decades. Arguably, X is an RPC with 
graphics support bolted on, for instance.


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