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Re:Why Node.js streams are awesome by stephank on Sunday March 25, 2012 @11:24AM (#3752808)
I wonder if this would actually be useful to support in HTTP? (An `Estimated-Content-Length` header or similar, only valid with `Connection: close`.)
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Re:Why Node.js streams are awesome by FooBarWidget on Sunday March 25, 2012 @05:51PM (#3753958)
It would be better to include progress estimation information as a chunked encoding extension. This allows much better progress reporting.
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