2004/02/20
Sean spots an old message of Don’s. Yup.
As yet another contribution to this discussion, here’s some light hearted Jeff Foxworthy style “humour” (well, my best go at it anyhow).
You know you might be using APIs, when a firewall is something you’re trying to hide from, rather than something you’re trying to help.
You know you might be using APIs, when you’re generating stubs and skeletons rather than reusing age-old network libraries.
You know you might be using APIs, when the words “transport” and “transfer” are interchangeable in your architecture.
And, the number one … erm, wrong comedian …
You know you might be using APIs, when all your services have different, erm, APIs.
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