[Info-vax] Restful API w/JSON client package or library on OpenVMS

[Michael S]

On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:56:45 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo at nz.invalid> wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:13:16 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 
> > On 3/14/2024 11:10 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:  
> >>
> >> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 22:27:05 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:  
> >>>
> >>> On 3/14/2024 9:31 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:  
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:29:21 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:  
> >>>>>
> >>>>> A RESTful service is stateless so it cannot keep a session
> >>>>> server side.  
> >>>>
> >>>> Who says it can’t?  
> >>>
> >>> Fielding.  
> >> 
> >> Who is this “Fielding”?  
> > 
> > Roy Fielding - the guy that defined REST.  
> 
> I would say his original vision suffered from ... a lack of
> imagination.

I'd guess that limitation of the damage caused by too imaginative
developers was the main point behind REST.