Curl on track for non-experimental HTTP/3 supportmastodon.social 18 pointsBitPirate2 years ago7 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−say_it_as_it_is2yWhat use cases involving curl will benefit by using http3?−mainpassathome2yit’s… curl, it’s supposed to do all the networking protocol things−otbutz2yAnything that involves high latency and/or packet loss. And in general: testing servers.The question is also a bit odd, to be honest. There's no need to look for a beneficial use case to add support for the next iteration of the HTTP protocol.−pests2yIt will be able to speak http3.−semi2yTesting your http/3 endpoint−Alifatisk2ySo what were the dangers with QUIC protocol again? That the big-tech would control the market?−lillecarl2yNo
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What use cases involving curl will benefit by using http3?
it’s… curl, it’s supposed to do all the networking protocol things
Anything that involves high latency and/or packet loss. And in general: testing servers.
The question is also a bit odd, to be honest. There's no need to look for a beneficial use case to add support for the next iteration of the HTTP protocol.
It will be able to speak http3.
Testing your http/3 endpoint
So what were the dangers with QUIC protocol again? That the big-tech would control the market?
No