Thanks for an extremely illuminating explanation. I may be wrong, but it almost sounds like long polling and other alternatives are preferable to Websockets bec

Thanks for an extremely illuminating explanation. I may be wrong, but it almost sounds like long polling and other alternatives are preferable to Websockets because of the added complexity. Stories like this also make me feel fortunate that my favorite beacon of simplicity, JSON, didn't get handed over to a "task force".