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		kasey_junk on June 24, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is your go-to example for a good REST... All push models are poll models down an abstraction layer.

infinite8s on June 25, 2016 [–]

And all computations can be modeled as Universal Turing Machines at some level. That doesn't mean it's the most useful level at which to analyze the semantics of what you are trying to accomplish.

kasey_junk on June 25, 2016 | [–]

Sure but saying something isn't asynchronous because its polling is flat wrong.

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