Re: HTTbis spec size, was: Rechartering HTTPbis

In message <CA+9kkMDSfPhwc37Ohy_=dO7+rkPBT9bYGYQRNJ=u7uLuYb4jyA@mail.gmail.com>
, Ted Hardie writes:
>On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:

>"reliable transport" is a term of art for what you describe above;


Yes, but people seem to leave the "transport" bit off and just say
"TCP is reliable" which leads to sloppy thinking and invalid
conclusions.

>Would you propose different method names for this mode, [...]

No, that would be missing the point about separating transport
from interpretation.


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Received on Monday, 6 February 2012 20:18:24 UTC