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0 pointscopperx10y ago0 comments

But HTTP is one-directional (disregarding Websockets which is a client thing).

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HTTP is asymmetric (the two sides are not interchangeable), but the information flow is bidirectional. I don't see how that it prevents something like Unix piping from being implemented between web services using it. Seems to be mostly a UX design issue.

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0 pointscopperx10y ago0 comments

But HTTP is one-directional (disregarding Websockets which is a client thing).

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dragonwriter10y ago

HTTP is asymmetric (the two sides are not interchangeable), but the information flow is bidirectional. I don't see how that it prevents something like Unix piping from being implemented between web services using it. Seems to be mostly a UX design issue.

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