Re: Java and HTML and well known socket numbers

HTTP 1.1's persistent connections and byte-ranges, along with using a 
separate port, might do just about everything that a separate Java 
downloading protocol would need to.  And without the hassle of defining yet 
another protocol...

See <URL:http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Protocols/>.
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Mark Leighton Fisher                   Thomson Consumer Electronics
fisherm@indy.tce.com                   Indianapolis, IN

Received on Tuesday, 4 June 1996 11:45:47 UTC