Re: Issue: Synch/Asynch Web services from Geoff Arnold on 2003-08-12 (www-ws-arch@w3.org from August 2003)

From: Geoff Arnold <Geoff.Arnold@Sun.COM>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:56:02 -0400
To: Ugo Corda <UCorda@SeeBeyond.com>
Cc: "Cutler, Roger (RogerCutler)" <RogerCutler@ChevronTexaco.com>, www-ws-arch@w3.org
Message-id: <DB2FAC1C-CCE5-11D7-9389-000A95718676@sun.com>

>> You're talking about the implementation of the agent, not the
>> properties of the MEP.
>>
>
> True, but it's also true that usually people think of 2 as 
> asynchronous. That implies that people usually focus on the agent 
> behavior when talking about sync/async. I agree with Roger that saying 
> that 2 is synchronous would confuse a lot of people.
>

I absolutely agree that "saying 2 is synchronous" would confuse a lot
of people. Fortunately we shouldn't ever be in the position of
"saying 2", because we are implementation-neutral. Aren't we?

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