I am not sure that the whole point of HTTP was stateless programming :) I think the whole point originally was to deliver static HTML pages to browsers on slow unreliable connections. Stateless programming evolved from that point - the point where you could not rely on a steady, reliable and fast connection between the client and the server.
Actually, with some ISPs in the UK, you still cannot rely on a steady, reliable and fast connection.... :(
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Subject: Re: [WEB400] Websockets on the IBMi
Jon,
I was thinking the very same thing when I was reading the threads :-)
Sounds interesting, but the whole point of HTTP was stateless programming originally......................
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On Jul 11, 2012, at 1:19 PM, "Jon Paris" <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This comment is not aimed at Kevin - but am I the only one who finds it hilarious that our long berated old-fashioned stateful permanent connections (otherwise known as 5250) are now an essential part of the new web now that browsers have to do meaningful work. Of course they had to have a sexy name and a new implementation but ...
Just musing <grin>
On 2012-07-11, at 1:00 PM, web400-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
The huge benefit of websockets is that you can have a permanent connection between the client and the server, and the server can "push" events to the browser, rather than the browser having to poll the server periodically. A push mechanism is far more efficient that a long polling mechanism.
Jon Paris
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