Resend: Re: IPP> Chunked POST: SUMMARY

Resend: Re: IPP> Chunked POST: SUMMARY

Chris Newman Chris.Newman at innosoft.com
Tue Jan 26 17:36:24 EST 1999


On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> >Should every
> >application that uses HTTP as a transport build in its own HTTP
> >implementation, even if one is already available on the platform?
> 
> No application should use HTTP as a transport.

I _strongly_ agree.

> If it used HTTP as HTTP,
> there wouldn't be any need for a separate implementation, but it would
> still be desirable to base the service on the best capabilities of HTTP
> and not on the characteristics that might be true of some other resources
> that are accessible via HTTP.

Well said.

		- Chris





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