- From: Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:56:39 +0900
- To: "Naresh Agarwal" <nagarwal@in.firstrain.com>, <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
HTTP is synchonous, but very much pull, not push. Regards, Martin. At 12:39 02/08/29 +0530, Naresh Agarwal wrote: >Hi > >I have some general questions regarding protocols. > >Every application protocol is - > >1)Synchronous or Asynchrnous >2)Connection Less or Connection Oriented >3)Push or Pull > >My understanding is that most of the protocols - HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP, >IMAP etc. are "Syncronous", "Connection Less" and "Push" in nature. > >I could not find any protocol, which is widely used and is Asynchronus, >Connection Oriented and Pull in nature! > >Am i right or i'm missing something? > >Also does Synchrony and Pull, Asynchrony and Push are synonyms..i.e every >Synchronous protocol is Push and every Asynchronous protocol is Push..? > >Can somebody provide me with the explanation of above (if possible, with >examples)? > >thanks, >regards, >Naresh Agarwal
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