[Info-vax] OpenVMS async I/O, fast vs. slow

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2023-11-05 15:28, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 11/3/2023 8:35 PM, Jake Hamby (Solid State Jake) wrote:
>> Something else just occurred to me. While file I/O performance is
>> important, as well as local IPC, I've also been keeping in mind
>> something else: simultaneous socket connections. One benefit of
>> everyone going to RESTful APIs is you're not keeping a long-lived TCP
>> socket open like you would with other types of protocols.
> 
> HTTP does support keep-alive.
> 
> And RESTful web services do use that. Especially for high volume
> server to server setups.

Indeed. Since RESTful APIs are rather inefficient... Especially if you 
have to setup new connections all the time.

   Johnny