Re: [hybi] Reliable message delivery (was Re: Technical feedback.)

Pieter Hintjens <ph@imatix.com> Wed, 03 February 2010 15:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: [hybi] Reliable message delivery (was Re: Technical feedback.)
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On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Greg Wilkins <gregw@webtide.com> wrote:

> I don't think you can assume that most websocket using software
> and/or subprotocols will have the same developer working on
> the client side and the server side.

I've never seen a protocol that makes this assumption and it is a
quite extraordinary one from the perspective of interoperabilty.

Ian, could you elaborate please?  I do not understand your intention
in making this statement, nor how significant it is to implementing
WebSocket.

-Pieter