Re: Meaning of names and operations of services

On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 06:38 -0800, Larry Masinter wrote:
> In general, it is a bad idea to design a language where the
> meaning of a term in the language depends on the operational
> behavior of a service.
[...]

On the contrary; the only way terms in languages take on
meaning is by use by services (i.e. by agents in
communications protocols).


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