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Re: [hybi] Proposed way forward for WebSockets

Adam Barth <ietf@adambarth.com> Tue, 27 July 2010 08:49 UTC

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From: Adam Barth <ietf@adambarth.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:49:23 +0200
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Subject: Re: [hybi] Proposed way forward for WebSockets
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On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com> wrote:
> This is one of the
> most basic extensibility mechanisms there is. I.e. MUST not generate and
> MUST ignore so that in the future we CAN generate and CAN do something...

Anne, for whatever reason, folks at the IETF don't seem to understand
this design pattern right away.  It's some sort of cultural mismatch
between browser folks (who using this pattern all the time for
extensibility and robustness) and IETF folks.  In my experience, folks
understand after I explain it to them, but you shouldn't assume
they'll understand it without explanation.

Adam

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