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HTTP also uses CRLF but the spec is flexible I think. Still most if not all implementations use it. That is alot of bytes when you sum them up. Also CRLFCRLF

by bullen 5y ago

HTTP also uses CRLF but the spec is flexible I think. Still most if not all implementations use it. That is alot of bytes when you sum them up. Also CRLFCRLF is used to demarkate end of headers and chunks.

p_l 5y ago
All textual protocols with legacy of IETF style design use CRLF, and that includes HTTP which heavily drunk from that legacy. Personally I suspect it's because ARPA was a bit cheap on some things and thus they used typewriters instead of protocol analyzers ;)