Re: Back end functions

[chris@hal.iodesign.com (Christopher Ambler)]

>  May I quibble, please?
>  API is a popular term, but it's really insufficient: a protocol
>is probably waht we're talking about (ie, an api with an encoding
>and a specific order of operations).
>  Mind you, I'd also tend to say a ``lightweight protocol'', because
>people often think of rocket science when I say protocol (:-))

Semantics :-)

I agree, nonetheless.

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Christopher Ambler
President, Image Online Design, Inc.