- From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 14:53:16 -0500
- To: Eric Holstege <Eric_Holstege@broder.com>
- CC: abigail@ny.fnx.com, www-html@www10.w3.org
Won't this "HTTP setup cost" issue become moot when HTTP 1.1 is more widely deployed? Paul Prescod Eric Holstege wrote: > > I think the main cost in downloading a (textual) page is generally the TCP > connection setup and the round-trip GET request for the HTTP transaction, not > the downloading time. Unless it is cached, an external style sheet requires a > second HTTP transaction, and hence a second TCP connection setup, whereas > putting style info into the documents just results in a few hundred extra bytes > download in an otherwise already-established TCP connection. I think that winds > up being generally faster.
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