Unfortunately, you find none to often folks using REST to solve a wide range of problems that it isn't suited for. The point of this post is to point that fact out: just because REST exists doesn't mean you have to use it. Believe it or not, this is actually a surprise to a lot of people, especially those trying to be in some way 'Web 2.0'.
Quick EDIT: I've actually seen people try to design fundamentally stateful APIs using REST. These people admit they are stateful, and that they must be stateful, yet they continue to use REST because it's what various web companies use and promote (for totally different problems).
Quick EDIT: I've actually seen people try to design fundamentally stateful APIs using REST. These people admit they are stateful, and that they must be stateful, yet they continue to use REST because it's what various web companies use and promote (for totally different problems).