Author: Lance Perkins
Date: 10:00:55 03/10/05
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No. Protocols are intended to convey information between two parties. In the old HTTP protocol spec, its a simple request-reply design. Totally stateles. But the persona of the browser is not so. Browsers and users typically request many items from the same site. So instead of throwing away the connection state, they added the 'reuse' mode in the HTTP protocol. You don't need to disconnect and then reconnect - you already know you are connected - just make another request. A simple lesson in protocol design: design for the persona of the client and use as much of its state if it has any. --- On March 10, 2005 at 11:28:46, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >The purpose of the protocol is NOT to be as concise as possible; it is to be >simple & easy to parse. 500 extra bytes of overhead per move simply do NOT >matter speed wise, and they simplify the job of both the engine and the GUI. > >People that complain about them simply don't understand Amdahl's Law. > >anthony
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