Mike Kerner wrote:

> Richard wrote:
>> Either way, I'd imagine a subscribe client looking to avoid polling
>> is going to depend on a long-lived socket, no?
>
> That's part of the point of a websocket. you don't have to keep
> reopening it, and both ends can use it, as needed.

Exactly, websockets are useful in browser apps because browsers don't offer 
direct socket support.

LiveCode makes OS-native apps and supports sockets.

The socketTimeoutInterval lets us set how long they live.

What am I missing?

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Richard Gaskin
FourthWorld.com

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