With 9p&#39;s ability to send and receive arbitrary information as file i/o, does http remain &quot;necessary&quot;?<br><br>Is there any reason that 9p cannot do this ...<br><br>&#39;&#39;HTTP functions as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request-response" title="Request-response">request-response</a> protocol in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client-server" title="Client-server" class="mw-redirect">client-server</a> computing model. In HTTP, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a>, for example, acts as a <i>client</i>, while an application running on a computer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_%28network%29" title="Host (network)">hosting</a> a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_site" title="Web site" class="mw-redirect">web site</a> functions as a <i>server</i>. The client submits an HTTP <i>request</i> message to the server. The server, which stores content, or provides <i>resources</i>, such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML" title="HTML">HTML</a>
 files, or performs other functions on behalf of the client, returns a 
response message to the client. A response contains completion status 
information about the request and may contain any content requested by 
the client in its message body.&#39;&#39;<br>  -- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http#Technical_overview">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http#Technical_overview</a><br><br> - Leonard<br><br><br>