Personal observation: "API" is a subclass of "interface". "Network
protocol" is a subclass of "interface". Interfaces (in the general
case) are valuable things to standardize. An abstract interface
("abstract API"?) that gives guidance to implementors above and beyond
the bare specification of the network protocol is useful for achieving
conceptual alignment.
Do people agree?
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