On: ReverseHttp

[andrewbadera]

Messaging/queuing/publishing-subscribing is required in an incredible number of complex applications, especially at the enterprise level. Consider, for instance, trading floor and backend systems.

[tjogin → andrewbadera]

True, but they rarely use web interfaces, do they?

[DomesticMouse → tjogin]

Think how different HN would be if the comment pages updated themselves in real time as people commented?

Or a bug tracking system. Or a newspaper. Or pretty much any site, really.

[tjogin → DomesticMouse]

Good points!