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TCP Over HTTP, A.K.A. HTTP 2.0

Skimming through the HTTP 2.0 draft RFC that was posted yesterday I’m left with the distinct feeling of implementing TCP on top of HTTP:

HTTP 2.0 Framing
HTTP 2.0 Framing

I’m in the camp that believes that future versions of HTTP should continue to be a text based protocol ( with compression support ).

Most weeks I look at several raw HTTP requests and responses. Yes, there will still be tools like cURL ( which I love ) to dig into HTTP transactions, so it isn’t the end of the world. Still, I am sad to see something that is currently fairly easy to follow turn into something significantly more complex.