einaros/eventsource-node — comment on commit 3ec68ad28b0fd29028c4b0e7e15bb9956f29ca44
File: lib/eventsource.js line 20
By aslakhellesoy:

That's what I thought. My main motivation is cleanliness, but speed might be concern in the future. -But then there is always WebSockets, which I imagine would be faster.