On 2/12/12 9:56 PM, Julian Leviston wrote: > On 13/02/2012, at 2:47 PM, Kurt Stephens wrote: >> Read Ian Piumarta's "Open, extensible object models" >> ( http://piumarta.com/software/cola/objmodel2.pdf ). >> ... > > Ian's object model didn't actually reify message though, did > it?
No, it didn't. I should go read it more. I wish that it was more accessible to me, > and/or that I could somehow increase my ability to comprehend it. Any > further recommendations for things to read along this lines? I'm QUITE > interested (this was my favourite part of the FoNC project to a point). > Keep reading. I force myself to read things I don't understand until I do. This mailing list is a great resource to become aware of good papers, books, viewpoints, ideas, etc. Don't give up. >> REST is not object messaging or HTTP. > REST works over HTTP. It can be object messaging, can't it? At least, as > far as my understanding and implementations have gone. Maybe I'm deluded. AFIAK, REST does not necessarily require HTTP, however there are natural mappings between actions on a resource and HTTP actions: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~taylor/documents/2002-REST-TOIT.pdf http://roy.gbiv.com/untangled/ -- KAS _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
