A difference that makes no difference is no difference (was: XML-RPC and HTTP)

[Gregory Alan Bolcer]

Russell Turpin wrote:

> Not really. As someone previously noted, there is NO semantic
> distinction in HTTP between GET and POST. The only difference
> is that POST gives the client one more way to pass data.
> In truth, and in how they are actually used, these would
> more accurately be called INVOKE-SHORT and INVOKE-LONG, than
> GET and POST.

Imagine the ZDNet Web server competitions you could win if the client could
pre-qualify GET-DYNAMIC-CGI-THING-THAT-MAKES-JDBC-CALLS verus
GET-STATIC-DATA-FROM-LOCAL-RAM-CACHE.  

The only problem is getting the stupid client to know what exactlly it
is they are supposed to fetch.  

Greg

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