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Re: [hybi] Multiplexing in WebSocket (Was: HyBi Design Space)

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Sat, 10 October 2009 09:51 UTC

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Subject: Re: [hybi] Multiplexing in WebSocket (Was: HyBi Design Space)
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Ian Hickson wrote:
> ...
> FWIW, so far I've concluded (based on long discussions with a number of 
> developers and implementors) that multiplexing would actually not be that 
> great. It could probably only be used for multiplexing to a single 
> websocket path, without making the handshake highly asymmetric or breaking 
> the HTTP compatibility. If it's intended for per-client multiplexing, it 
> can easily be implemented at the application layer, where a much better 
> job can be done that could be done at the protocol layer. If it's intended 
> for multiclient multiplexing, then it's only helping server load, not 
> client performance, and server load isn't especially an issue here.
> ...

...why exactly is server load not an issue?

BR, Julian

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