Re: [xml-dev] more politics

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Norman Walsh scripsit:

> What if the GET drops a can of coke on your desk?

Short of matter replication (Star Trek or Drexler varieties), it can't do
that.  If the can is brought from somewhere else, that's a side effect,
and GETs have to be idempotent and therefore side-effect-free.

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