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HTTP10like

HTTP10like is a fictional, lightweight protocol that mirrors the basic request–response model of HTTP/1.0. It is designed as a teaching and experimentation substrate for simple client-server interactions over plain TCP. The protocol is text-based and ASCII-friendly, with requests consisting of a request line, header fields, a blank line, and an optional body, and responses following the same general structure with a status line.

In its design, HTTP10like emphasizes simplicity and ease of implementation. It is stateless by default, uses

Signals and headers resemble HTTP/1.0, including Host, Content-Type, and User-Agent, but the Host header is optional

Typical use cases include educational demonstrations, experiments on constrained networks, or environments where a minimal, human-readable

Example: A GET request would resemble:

GET /index.html HTTP/1.0

Host: example.org

HTTP/1.0 200 OK

Content-Type: text/html

Content-Length: 123

<html>...</html>

straightforward

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