On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Matthew Terenzio <[email protected]>wrote: > rssCloud merely makes a "request" upon being pinged. No ping, no request.
Polling is "not polling"? While we're at it, why don't we clean up some other confusions... Consider: Love is hate, peace is war... bob wyman On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Matthew Terenzio <[email protected]>wrote: > > I think it might help the community to stop saying that PubSubHubbub > eliminates the need for polling while rssCloud does not. > > That just simply isn't true. Polling is what RSS or Atom does when > their is neither PSHB or rssCloud. > > rssCloud merely makes a "request" upon being pinged. No ping, no request. > > Please don't come back with more about thundering herds. I fully > understand both specs. > > I'm not trying to make a statement about whether one spec is better or > not, just addressing the mistaken use of the term polling. I've seen > it more than once and it may confuse the less technical people trying > to understand these things. >
