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HTTP 2.0 Will Be a Binary Protocol

Posted by timothy on from the cram-your-stuff-in-this-box dept.

earlzdotnet writes "A working copy of the HTTP 2.0 spec has been released. Unlike previous versions of the HTTP protocol, this version will be a binary format, for better or worse. However, this protocol is also completely optional: 'This document is an alternative to, but does not obsolete the HTTP/1.1 message format or protocol. HTTP's existing semantics remain unchanged.'"

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  1. Re:Makes sense by WaffleMonster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Most popular protocol? What ever happened to TCP?

    From looks of the draft it has been reimplemented within HTTP.

  2. Re:It's really about multiplexing by kimvette · · Score: 5, Funny

    > What would happen if the streams crossed?

    Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.

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  3. Re:Makes sense by dgatwood · · Score: 5, Funny

    And then there's the joke one of my coworkers wrote on his whiteboard: "I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it."

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  4. Re:Makes sense by kh31d4r · · Score: 5, Funny

    If this will remove badly coded .net applications I'm all for it!