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by hot_gril 718 days ago
I don't understand why there isn't an HTTP/1 mode for gRPC. Would cover the super common use case of client-to-server calls. Give people who already have your typical JSON-over-HTTP API something that's the same except more efficient and with a nicer API spec.

You know what's ironic, Google AppEngine doesn't support HTTP/2. Actually a lot of platforms don't.
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bunderbunder 718 days ago
The streaming message transfer modes are the main thing that make it difficult.
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hot_gril 718 days ago
Streaming seems like it'd work without too much effort. It'd be less efficient for sure, but it's also not a very common use case.
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bunderbunder 718 days ago
In general, I agree. But my understanding is that the problem isn't streaming in the abstract, it's supporting certain details of the streaming protocol outlined in the gRPC spec.
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