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Dare Obasanjo explains the case for REST pretty well - Smalltalkers, as per usual, are willing to be a bit heretical with Seaside. To quote Avi Bryant (from his 2006 O'Reilly talk):
Seaside is a web application framework for Smalltalk that breaks all of these rules and then some. Think of it as an experiment in tradeoffs: if you reject the conventional wisdoms of web development, what benefits can you get in return? Quite a lot, it turns out, and this "experiment" has gained a large open source following, seen years of production use, and been heralded by some as the future of web applications.
I don't think you need to be hawkish about either approach; both have their place. What's nice about Seaside is that it gives Smalltalkers the ability to try something different.
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