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The next version of HTTP won’t be using TCP

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/11/the-next-version-of-http-wont-be-using-tcp/

by mreome • 8 years ago

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throw-far-away• 8 years ago

Oh boy, let's reinvent all of the reliability, tooling and knowledge of TCP in an upper-layer protocol on top of UDP! That won't be complicated, error-prone, unreliable, break compatibility or reinventing-the-wheel at all! /sarcasm

bigato• 8 years ago

Read on protocol ossification to understand why this is done over UDP: https://lwn.net/Articles/745590/

acjohnson55• 8 years ago

At the scale of deployment of HTTP, it may well be worth that risk and effort.

zerd• 8 years ago

Good discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18428949

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