Re: [hybi] Random Responses

[Paul Prescod <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Ian Hickson <[e-mail]> wrote:
> ...
>> We've successfully implemented rHTTP server and client components in
>> just a few dozen lines of code because we are able to just reuse the
>> existing HTTP client and server components that exist in the
>> environments we work in (C++, Python).
>
> Sure, if you can use libraries then implementing any protocol is trivial.
> The point is that the protocol should be simple enough that one doesn't
> need to rely on libraries to get a compliant implementation.

He's not talking about random libraries. He's talking specifically
about the libraries required to implement Web browsers and Web Server
*already*.

As someone else pointed out, if we presume no libraries then TCP,
UTF-8 and URLs are all intimidating standards that Web Sockets pulls
in "by reference". Nobody objects because we all know that libraries
for these are very widely deployed in Web systems. HTTP is also in
that category.

 Paul Prescod