SOAP - What's the point?

Question

I mean, really, what is the point of SOAP?

Web services have been around for a while, and for a while it seemed that the terms \'SOAP\' and \'Web service\' were largely

Answer 1

Am I wrong?

"You're not wrong, Walter, you're just... :)"

Are there any good reasons to ever choose SOAP over REST?

SOAP, to my understanding adheres to a contract, thus can be type checked.