On Thursday 16 December 2004 17:36, Richard Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 02:45:32PM +0100, Peter Busser wrote:
> > According to the documentation, mod_lisp uses a simpler protocol than
> > JServ. [...]
>
> I never really understood why people don't just use HTTP.  It is,
> after all, a perfectly suitable protocol for transfering web requests
> and web pages between entities :-)

Well, the other protocols are simpler than HTTP and therefore cost less effort 
to implement.

Groetjes,
Peter.