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   From: pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu   
      
   S Claus  writes:   
      
   > here is a question that probably does not have an easy answer.   
   >   
   > But I am curious about what happens when a new protocol is being   
   > invented at some hardware manufacturer. How do the people who work on   
   > these actually go about inventing a new protocol?   
   >   
   > What steps do they go through?   
   >   
   > Any good books / websites that deal with this subject? (preferably   
   > books)   
      
   More than no easy answer, it doesn't even have a unique answer.  When   
   you write a client/server application, you will develop a new protocol,   
   which may be as simple as "send me a packet with a sensor number, and   
   I'll answer with a packet with a sensor setting", or may be a particular   
   AJAX request/response pair.   
      
   It's really the same as how anything is developed:  you figure out what   
   the requirements are, and you meet them.  What's involved in doing that   
   is entirely situation-dependant.   
   --   
   As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should   
   be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours;   
   and this we should do freely and generously. (Benjamin Franklin)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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