I agree, there really isn't an incentive to change -- plenty of people have plenty of code that uses the most popular system. But I think we both know that sometimes "if it ain't broke..." usually just delays the big bugs in the programming world. Not that I know what would possibly break from current implementations, just that I've seen that happen so often (I mean... hasn't every developer?) that I'm assuming something is going to happen eventually. It's just something I felt like I needed to get off my chest.
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Oh yeah of course! Some things get to the point where it's not really broken, but so inefficient that it's practically broken. Even though HTTP requests are at that point, definitely a valid point.
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Thanks for the reply, I generally don't get any!
I agree, there really isn't an incentive to change -- plenty of people have plenty of code that uses the most popular system. But I think we both know that sometimes "if it ain't broke..." usually just delays the big bugs in the programming world. Not that I know what would possibly break from current implementations, just that I've seen that happen so often (I mean... hasn't every developer?) that I'm assuming something is going to happen eventually. It's just something I felt like I needed to get off my chest.
Oh yeah of course! Some things get to the point where it's not really broken, but so inefficient that it's practically broken. Even though HTTP requests are at that point, definitely a valid point.