Same with many of the protocols that have taken off. Look at HTTP - it's an abys... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		points on Oct 14, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A brief guide to the IRC protocol Same with many of the protocols that have taken off. Look at HTTP - it's an abysmal wasteful stupid protocol, but it kinda works well enough.

JoeAltmaier on Oct 14, 2010 [–]

Pretty much as soon as an implementation takes off, that becomes the de-facto spec, and it mutates from there.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact