A New Definition of HTTP
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Seriously, as I said in the RFC9114/HTTP3 spec[1] submission, it's so cool to have this split.
QUIC is so capable, such a neat set of ideas for a transport (although I have some deep laments about it being woefully anti-extensible[2]; to use QUIC you essentially have to fork it & start your own new protocol). That HTTP can express itself in terms of another spec is one of the most compelling, longest-hardest won & best victories for "abstraction" (or layering) that computing has seen.
That we'll be able to iterate on HTTP in new ways, by having a common semantic base, keeps the future open & iterable. (e.g.: HTTP over PCIe? Why not!) Huge wins.
He forgot a new incompatible library with every release. And releases every month. And, and, and ... Why the SW world must always burn the old house before building a new one ?
I feel like this kind of reasoning have been used previously to take away freedom.. I'm all for encryption, but I'm not for using force. Give me plaintext HTTP and websafe colors, or give me death!