Re: base paradigm

It seems to me the base paradigm is "representational state transfer" of
which the represented state is "payments" and related things.
 On Jan 2, 2014 10:18 PM, "David Nicol" <davidnicol@gmail.com> wrote:

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> there is discussion of "the base technology" --- how about going one level
> more abstract? Can we get a consensus on "message passing" as the base
> paradigm?  Or do we, rather, favor remote procedure calls? Or something
> else? Is there a difference? Am I raving?  Thank you
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