I never understood why web sockets aren't just a straight break out of HTTP(S) to a naked TCP or SSL socket. Why all the extra complexity? All it does is degrade performance and bloat software.
I hate the way protocols are designed by committee, virtually guaranteeing that everything has layers upon layers of cruft that have never actually been needed by anyone for anything but must be implemented because it's in the spec.
That would be in the headers and prior to protocol breakout. I'm talking about after that. Why does web sockets have an extra layer of framing and other nonsense? Not to mention other "modes of operation." It's a socket. Give me a socket.
I never understood why web sockets aren't just a straight break out of HTTP(S) to a naked TCP or SSL socket. Why all the extra complexity? All it does is degrade performance and bloat software.
I hate the way protocols are designed by committee, virtually guaranteeing that everything has layers upon layers of cruft that have never actually been needed by anyone for anything but must be implemented because it's in the spec.