[sureaboutthis]

Many years ago, Dr. Fielding would visit a forum or two and offer answers to questions about REST. I had a number of my questions answered directly by him which helped me through the years to discover how many people have no clue about what REST is and how to use it but wave the REST flag as if they did--and they don't.

I believe Roy quit visiting forums for those reasons; a frustration dealing with all that.

[coldtea]

Words are not defined by their creators, they are defined by their usage.

Those people indeed know what REST is -- in fact, they define what REST is. When we talk about REST, we talk about how people use it.

They might not know what "REST as defined by Dr. Fielding is" but that's not really relevant to them or to the industry at large.

[nacnud]

"use", not "usage". </joke>

[coldtea]

Not according to my dictionary:

use: the action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose.

usage: the action of using something or the fact of being used: a survey of water usage

[itscaleb]

Words are not defined by their creators, they are defined by their use.

Those people indeed know what USAGE is -- in fact, they define what USAGE is. When we talk about USAGE, we talk about how people use it.

They might not know what "USAGE as defined by coldtea is" but that's not really relevant to them or to the population at large.

:-)

[frederickf]

I'd love to read some of his original comments. Do you remember any of the threads? Are those forums publicly available?

[sureaboutthis]

The forum was still around last year. I'll spend a few minutes to try and find it.