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> IMO, one of the benefits of HTTP 2 and 3 is they force people to use libraries What a strange comment. "The benefit of this protocol is that it's so complex
by ninkendo 6y ago
> IMO, one of the benefits of HTTP 2 and 3 is they force people to use libraries
What a strange comment. "The benefit of this protocol is that it's so complex that nobody understands it, so they have to use an existing implementation."
- vlowther 6y agoWhat a weird slippery slope argument. There is a world of difference between "so complex that nobody understands it" and "I can telnet to port 80 and fetch a webpage using keyboard and fingers"
- tjalfi 6y agoBram Cohen made a similar observation[0] years ago. Bram's Law - The easier a piece of software is to write, the worse it's implemented in practice. I'm not sure whether I agree with him but it's not obviously wrong. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20170629144859/http://www.advogato.org/person/Bram/diary/68.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170629144859/http://www.advoga...