On 17 November 2013 05:25, Cedric Greevey <cgree...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 9:35 PM, James Reeves <ja...@booleanknot.com>wrote: > >> On 17 November 2013 01:52, Cedric Greevey <cgree...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The distribution will be narrow and peak at around 1 second, though, >>> which may not be what you want. Of course, the OP has since indicated that >>> he meant non-web uses of HTTP rather than serving web sites... >>> >> >> Web services are generally considered to be part of the web, hence the >> term "*web* service" :) >> > > Well, which is it? Either it's the web, and the user will probably > promptly hit reload if faced with a 503 error at what should be a working > URL, or else it's not the web, and lies outside the scope of my original > remark. > You're going to be very confused if you keep believing that the web only refers to the visible parts you can access through a browser! When people talk about web apps, they're not necessarily talking about websites. You just need to use your common sense to discern what they mean. If someone suggests something that might seem undesirable for a user-facing website to have, maybe they're talking about a machine-readable web service instead. - James -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
