Re: draft-ietf-quic-http-29, "1.1. Prior versions of HTTP"

[Robin MARX <[e-mail]>]

Hello Julian,

To me, the crux is in the "at a time", which I feel makes the statement
correct.
Of course the nuances might not be clear for less experienced readers, but
I don't feel the H3 text should explain the details of this.

With best regards,
Robin

On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 at 13:49, Julian Reschke <[e-mail]> wrote:

> > HTTP/1.1 [HTTP11] is a TCP mapping which uses whitespace-delimited text
> fields to convey HTTP messages. While these exchanges are human-readable,
> using whitespace for message formatting leads to parsing complexity and
> motivates tolerance of variant behavior. Because each connection can
> transfer only a single HTTP request or response at a time in each
> direction, multiple parallel TCP connections are often used, reducing the
> ability of the congestion controller to effectively manage traffic between
> endpoints.
>
> Isn't that a bit misleading, as at least in theory HTTP/1.1 supports
> pipelining?
>
> BEst regards, Julian
>
>

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