[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

Re: more politics

• To: Norman Walsh <ndw@n...>
• Subject: Re: more politics
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:23:15 -0400
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <87wudybyjg.fsf@n...>
• References: <oprssgstsbezizxn@s...> <009e01c35183$41d1f3f0$6401a8c0@tbp1> <20030724013426.GE22456@m...> <09d401c35240$1526e140$b6f5d3ce@s...> <20030725030717.GJ1890@m...> <3F20B5FD.1060304@t...> <20030725044526.GA2215@m...> <3F213555.7040108@t...> <20030729193913.GA8560@s...> <87wudybyjg.fsf@n...>
• User-agent: Mutt/1.4.1i

Norman Walsh scripsit:

> What if the GET drops a can of coke on your desk?

Short of matter replication (Star Trek or Drexler varieties), it can't do
that.  If the can is brought from somewhere else, that's a side effect,
and GETs have to be idempotent and therefore side-effect-free.

-- 
John Cowan                              <jcowan@r...>
http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              http://www.reutershealth.com
                Charles li reis, nostre emperesdre magnes,
                Set anz totz pleinz ad ested in Espagnes.

• Follow-Ups:
  • Re: more politics
    • From: Mike Champion <mc@x...>
  • Re: more politics
    • From: Benjamin Franz <snowhare@n...>
  • Re: more politics
    • From: Norman Walsh <ndw@n...>

• References:
  • Re: more politics
    • From: Mike Champion <mc@x...>
  • Re: more politics
    • From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@c...>
  • Re: more politics
    • From: John Cowan <cowan@m...>
  • Re: more politics
    • From: "Jonathan Borden" <jonathan@o...>
  • Re: more politics
    • From: John Cowan <cowan@m...>
  • Re: more politics
    • From: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
  • Re: more politics
    • From: John Cowan <cowan@m...>
  • Re: more politics
    • From: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
  • Re: more politics
    • From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
  • Re: more politics
    • From: Norman Walsh <ndw@n...>

• Prev by Date: RE: Extract A Subset of a W3C XML Schema?
• Next by Date: Re: How did "public identifier" get its name...
• Previous by thread: Re: more politics
• Next by thread: Re: more politics
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread