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The broader technique became known as Comet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_(programming) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_(programming) CGI:IRC used a
by loo 3y ago
The broader technique became known as Comet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_(programming) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_(programming)
CGI:IRC used an early frame approach, no JS required.
At some point JSONP became popular, even for 3rd party APIs.
<script src="http://dont-xss-me/please?format=jsonp&callback=lol">
Server writes:
lol({ ... })
lol({ ... })