[sldev] Re: Where we are headed in IPC development (Phoenix)

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 10-Jul-2007, at 19:19, Dzonatas wrote:
> Argent Stonecutter wrote:
>> Looks like it's got a lot in common with Usenet, with duplicated  
>> message IDs receiving identical responses rather than being  
>> dropped. I'm not sure about the requirement that the URL and  
>> response be opaque, do you simply mean that chttp must not modify  
>> them? That's what the implementation would seem to imply.

> Hey now, the IHAVE/SENDME protocol of USENET was one of the best  
> eras to get a distribution across the world before such concepts as  
> an always-on Internet connection.

Hey, you don't need to convince me. I've been on Usenet since 1981.  
This is one of those really clever and simple designs that needs to  
be widely adopted. That it's based on an existing clever and simple  
design is not a problem. :)