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What happened to telling someone to go to the proper sources? The good info on REST is there on Google, or Bing, or Yahoo or DuckDuckGo. Right there, up front.

I retrieved some old files/notes on REST today and was enjoying the memories. But should I help someone who foolishly tosses out accusations of condescension or another who speaks of "non-answers" when all the answers one needs are out there purely for the reading?

Indeed, due to the settled nature of REST it seems hardly a suitable topic for HN, like asking "Why SQL?" or "Why FORTRAN-77"? The thread topic question was asked/discussed/answered in all respects nearly two decades ago. Its so old that some information about REST is aging off the WWW and the original participants are starting to die off (don't get your hopes up, Microsoft!).

> What happened to telling someone to go to the proper sources?

Good question, why don't you trying actually doing that with references to specific, useful sources if you think that is what is necessary?

> Indeed, due to the settled nature of REST it seems hardly a suitable topic for HN

If you feel it's OT, then flag and move on rather than threadcrapping.

(Also, REST is rather far from settled; a variety of different things called REST are popular, but they aren't the same thing as eachother or over time, and they often are quite distant from the architectural style Fielding described.)

Why SQL? Edit: Joking aside, I had read the information on REST. I did give it more than a few minutes' thought prior to posting. But I still did not quite understand its prevalence today; perhaps that speaks to my inability to comprehend or analyze information. Regardless, I decided to post on HN in the hopes that someone would help me out - I wasn't arguing for, nor against, REST. Could you suggest another forum where to post? What else should I do when I've read the available information and still don't "get it"?

You mention that such a thread was discussed ~20 years ago, and such information is so old that it's aging off the web. Considering that I was a toddler ~20 years ago, I could not have understood it then, I think. So why not start a new thread now to replace the threads aging away?

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