I know some folks are talking about blocks, though that could replace a
lot
more than HTTP:
http://www.bxxp.org
i don't think so. i think that http is as entrenched as ip & tcp, and is
nearly as irreplacable.
the problem, i think, a general lack of clarity as to what http is for.
i'd say that beep is a generic application protocol framework for
connection-oriented, asynchronous interactions.
while http is many things to many people, i don't think anyone would
s/http/beep/ in the previous sentence.
/mtr