diff --git a/buffer.ts b/buffer.ts
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index 0000000000..1c4d68e98d
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+++ b/buffer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+// This code has been ported almost directly from Go's src/bytes/buffer.go
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. BSD license.
+// https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/LICENSE
+
+//import * as io from "./io";
+import { Reader, Writer, ReadResult } from "deno";
+import { assert } from "./util.ts";
+
+// MIN_READ is the minimum ArrayBuffer size passed to a read call by
+// buffer.ReadFrom. As long as the Buffer has at least MIN_READ bytes beyond
+// what is required to hold the contents of r, readFrom() will not grow the
+// underlying buffer.
+const MIN_READ = 512;
+const MAX_SIZE = 2 ** 32 - 2;
+
+// `off` is the offset into `dst` where it will at which to begin writing values
+// from `src`.
+// Returns the number of bytes copied.
+function copyBytes(dst: Uint8Array, src: Uint8Array, off = 0): number {
+  const r = dst.byteLength - off;
+  if (src.byteLength > r) {
+    src = src.subarray(0, r);
+  }
+  dst.set(src, off);
+  return src.byteLength;
+}
+
+/** A Buffer is a variable-sized buffer of bytes with read() and write()
+ * methods. Based on https://golang.org/pkg/bytes/#Buffer
+ */
+export class Buffer implements Reader, Writer {
+  private buf: Uint8Array; // contents are the bytes buf[off : len(buf)]
+  private off = 0; // read at buf[off], write at buf[buf.byteLength]
+
+  constructor(ab?: ArrayBuffer) {
+    if (ab == null) {
+      this.buf = new Uint8Array(0);
+    } else {
+      this.buf = new Uint8Array(ab);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** bytes() returns a slice holding the unread portion of the buffer.
+   * The slice is valid for use only until the next buffer modification (that
+   * is, only until the next call to a method like read(), write(), reset(), or
+   * truncate()). The slice aliases the buffer content at least until the next
+   * buffer modification, so immediate changes to the slice will affect the
+   * result of future reads.
+   */
+  bytes(): Uint8Array {
+    return this.buf.subarray(this.off);
+  }
+
+  /** toString() returns the contents of the unread portion of the buffer
+   * as a string. Warning - if multibyte characters are present when data is
+   * flowing through the buffer, this method may result in incorrect strings
+   * due to a character being split.
+   */
+  toString(): string {
+    const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+    return decoder.decode(this.buf.subarray(this.off));
+  }
+
+  /** empty() returns whether the unread portion of the buffer is empty. */
+  empty() {
+    return this.buf.byteLength <= this.off;
+  }
+
+  /** length is a getter that returns the number of bytes of the unread
+   * portion of the buffer
+   */
+  get length() {
+    return this.buf.byteLength - this.off;
+  }
+
+  /** Returns the capacity of the buffer's underlying byte slice, that is,
+   * the total space allocated for the buffer's data.
+   */
+  get capacity(): number {
+    return this.buf.buffer.byteLength;
+  }
+
+  /** truncate() discards all but the first n unread bytes from the buffer but
+   * continues to use the same allocated storage.  It throws if n is negative or
+   * greater than the length of the buffer.
+   */
+  truncate(n: number): void {
+    if (n === 0) {
+      this.reset();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (n < 0 || n > this.length) {
+      throw Error("bytes.Buffer: truncation out of range");
+    }
+    this._reslice(this.off + n);
+  }
+
+  /** reset() resets the buffer to be empty, but it retains the underlying
+   * storage for use by future writes. reset() is the same as truncate(0)
+   */
+  reset(): void {
+    this._reslice(0);
+    this.off = 0;
+  }
+
+  /** _tryGrowByReslice() is a version of grow for the fast-case
+   * where the internal buffer only needs to be resliced. It returns the index
+   * where bytes should be written and whether it succeeded.
+   * It returns -1 if a reslice was not needed.
+   */
+  private _tryGrowByReslice(n: number): number {
+    const l = this.buf.byteLength;
+    if (n <= this.capacity - l) {
+      this._reslice(l + n);
+      return l;
+    }
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  private _reslice(len: number): void {
+    assert(len <= this.buf.buffer.byteLength);
+    this.buf = new Uint8Array(this.buf.buffer, 0, len);
+  }
+
+  /** read() reads the next len(p) bytes from the buffer or until the buffer
+   * is drained. The return value n is the number of bytes read. If the
+   * buffer has no data to return, eof in the response will be true.
+   */
+  async read(p: ArrayBufferView): Promise<ReadResult> {
+    if (!(p instanceof Uint8Array)) {
+      throw Error("Only Uint8Array supported");
+    }
+    if (this.empty()) {
+      // Buffer is empty, reset to recover space.
+      this.reset();
+      if (p.byteLength === 0) {
+        // TODO This edge case should be tested by porting TestReadEmptyAtEOF
+        // from the Go tests.
+        return { nread: 0, eof: false };
+      }
+      return { nread: 0, eof: true };
+    }
+    const nread = copyBytes(p, this.buf.subarray(this.off));
+    this.off += nread;
+    return { nread, eof: false };
+  }
+
+  async write(p: ArrayBufferView): Promise<number> {
+    const m = this._grow(p.byteLength);
+    if (!(p instanceof Uint8Array)) {
+      throw Error("Only Uint8Array supported");
+    }
+    return copyBytes(this.buf, p, m);
+  }
+
+  /** _grow() grows the buffer to guarantee space for n more bytes.
+   * It returns the index where bytes should be written.
+   * If the buffer can't grow it will throw with ErrTooLarge.
+   */
+  private _grow(n: number): number {
+    const m = this.length;
+    // If buffer is empty, reset to recover space.
+    if (m === 0 && this.off !== 0) {
+      this.reset();
+    }
+    // Fast: Try to grow by means of a reslice.
+    const i = this._tryGrowByReslice(n);
+    if (i >= 0) {
+      return i;
+    }
+    const c = this.capacity;
+    if (n <= Math.floor(c / 2) - m) {
+      // We can slide things down instead of allocating a new
+      // ArrayBuffer. We only need m+n <= c to slide, but
+      // we instead let capacity get twice as large so we
+      // don't spend all our time copying.
+      copyBytes(this.buf, this.buf.subarray(this.off));
+    } else if (c > MAX_SIZE - c - n) {
+      throw Error("ErrTooLarge"); // TODO DenoError(TooLarge)
+    } else {
+      // Not enough space anywhere, we need to allocate.
+      const buf = new Uint8Array(2 * c + n);
+      copyBytes(buf, this.buf.subarray(this.off));
+      this.buf = buf;
+    }
+    // Restore this.off and len(this.buf).
+    this.off = 0;
+    this._reslice(m + n);
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  /** grow() grows the buffer's capacity, if necessary, to guarantee space for
+   * another n bytes. After grow(n), at least n bytes can be written to the
+   * buffer without another allocation. If n is negative, grow() will panic. If
+   * the buffer can't grow it will throw ErrTooLarge.
+   * Based on https://golang.org/pkg/bytes/#Buffer.Grow
+   */
+  grow(n: number): void {
+    if (n < 0) {
+      throw Error("Buffer.grow: negative count");
+    }
+    const m = this._grow(n);
+    this._reslice(m);
+  }
+
+  /** readFrom() reads data from r until EOF and appends it to the buffer,
+   * growing the buffer as needed. It returns the number of bytes read. If the
+   * buffer becomes too large, readFrom will panic with ErrTooLarge.
+   * Based on https://golang.org/pkg/bytes/#Buffer.ReadFrom
+   */
+  async readFrom(r: Reader): Promise<number> {
+    let n = 0;
+    while (true) {
+      try {
+        const i = this._grow(MIN_READ);
+        this._reslice(i);
+        const fub = new Uint8Array(this.buf.buffer, i);
+        const { nread, eof } = await r.read(fub);
+        this._reslice(i + nread);
+        n += nread;
+        if (eof) {
+          return n;
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        return n;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/buffer_test.ts b/buffer_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c614b2e03e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buffer_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+// This code has been ported almost directly from Go's src/bytes/buffer_test.go
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. BSD license.
+// https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/LICENSE
+import { test, assert, assertEqual } from "./test_util.ts";
+import { Buffer } from "deno";
+
+// N controls how many iterations of certain checks are performed.
+const N = 100;
+let testBytes: Uint8Array | null;
+let testString: string | null;
+
+function init() {
+  if (testBytes == null) {
+    testBytes = new Uint8Array(N);
+    for (let i = 0; i < N; i++) {
+      testBytes[i] = "a".charCodeAt(0) + (i % 26);
+    }
+    const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+    testString = decoder.decode(testBytes);
+  }
+}
+
+function check(buf: Buffer, s: string) {
+  const bytes = buf.bytes();
+  assertEqual(buf.length, bytes.byteLength);
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+  const bytesStr = decoder.decode(bytes);
+  assertEqual(bytesStr, s);
+  assertEqual(buf.length, buf.toString().length);
+  assertEqual(buf.length, s.length);
+}
+
+// Fill buf through n writes of byte slice fub.
+// The initial contents of buf corresponds to the string s;
+// the result is the final contents of buf returned as a string.
+async function fillBytes(
+  buf: Buffer,
+  s: string,
+  n: number,
+  fub: Uint8Array
+): Promise<string> {
+  check(buf, s);
+  for (; n > 0; n--) {
+    let m = await buf.write(fub);
+    assertEqual(m, fub.byteLength);
+    const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+    s += decoder.decode(fub);
+    check(buf, s);
+  }
+  return s;
+}
+
+// Empty buf through repeated reads into fub.
+// The initial contents of buf corresponds to the string s.
+async function empty(buf: Buffer, s: string, fub: Uint8Array): Promise<void> {
+  check(buf, s);
+  while (true) {
+    const r = await buf.read(fub);
+    if (r.nread == 0) {
+      break;
+    }
+    s = s.slice(r.nread);
+    check(buf, s);
+  }
+  check(buf, "");
+}
+
+test(function bufferNewBuffer() {
+  init();
+  const buf = new Buffer(testBytes.buffer as ArrayBuffer);
+  check(buf, testString);
+});
+
+test(async function bufferBasicOperations() {
+  init();
+  let buf = new Buffer();
+  for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+    check(buf, "");
+
+    buf.reset();
+    check(buf, "");
+
+    buf.truncate(0);
+    check(buf, "");
+
+    let n = await buf.write(testBytes.subarray(0, 1));
+    assertEqual(n, 1);
+    check(buf, "a");
+
+    n = await buf.write(testBytes.subarray(1, 2));
+    assertEqual(n, 1);
+    check(buf, "ab");
+
+    n = await buf.write(testBytes.subarray(2, 26));
+    assertEqual(n, 24);
+    check(buf, testString.slice(0, 26));
+
+    buf.truncate(26);
+    check(buf, testString.slice(0, 26));
+
+    buf.truncate(20);
+    check(buf, testString.slice(0, 20));
+
+    await empty(buf, testString.slice(0, 20), new Uint8Array(5));
+    await empty(buf, "", new Uint8Array(100));
+
+    // TODO buf.writeByte()
+    // TODO buf.readByte()
+  }
+});
+
+test(async function bufferLargeByteWrites() {
+  init();
+  const buf = new Buffer();
+  const limit = 9;
+  for (let i = 3; i < limit; i += 3) {
+    const s = await fillBytes(buf, "", 5, testBytes);
+    await empty(buf, s, new Uint8Array(Math.floor(testString.length / i)));
+  }
+  check(buf, "");
+});
+
+test(async function bufferLargeByteReads() {
+  init();
+  const buf = new Buffer();
+  for (let i = 3; i < 30; i += 3) {
+    const n = Math.floor(testBytes.byteLength / i);
+    const s = await fillBytes(buf, "", 5, testBytes.subarray(0, n));
+    await empty(buf, s, new Uint8Array(testString.length));
+  }
+  check(buf, "");
+});
+
+test(function bufferCapWithPreallocatedSlice() {
+  const buf = new Buffer(new ArrayBuffer(10));
+  assertEqual(buf.capacity, 10);
+});
+
+test(async function bufferReadFrom() {
+  init();
+  const buf = new Buffer();
+  for (let i = 3; i < 30; i += 3) {
+    const s = await fillBytes(
+      buf,
+      "",
+      5,
+      testBytes.subarray(0, Math.floor(testBytes.byteLength / i))
+    );
+    const b = new Buffer();
+    await b.readFrom(buf);
+    const fub = new Uint8Array(testString.length);
+    await empty(b, s, fub);
+  }
+});
+
+function repeat(c: string, bytes: number): Uint8Array {
+  assertEqual(c.length, 1);
+  const ui8 = new Uint8Array(bytes);
+  ui8.fill(c.charCodeAt(0));
+  return ui8;
+}
+
+test(async function bufferTestGrow() {
+  const tmp = new Uint8Array(72);
+  for (let startLen of [0, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000]) {
+    const xBytes = repeat("x", startLen);
+    for (let growLen of [0, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000]) {
+      const buf = new Buffer(xBytes.buffer as ArrayBuffer);
+      // If we read, this affects buf.off, which is good to test.
+      const { nread, eof } = await buf.read(tmp);
+      buf.grow(growLen);
+      const yBytes = repeat("y", growLen);
+      await buf.write(yBytes);
+      // Check that buffer has correct data.
+      assertEqual(
+        buf.bytes().subarray(0, startLen - nread),
+        xBytes.subarray(nread)
+      );
+      assertEqual(
+        buf.bytes().subarray(startLen - nread, startLen - nread + growLen),
+        yBytes
+      );
+    }
+  }
+});
diff --git a/bufio.ts b/bufio.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc1a2095d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bufio.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import * as deno from "deno";
+
+const DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE = 4096;
+const MIN_BUF_SIZE = 16;
+const MAX_CONSECUTIVE_EMPTY_READS = 100;
+
+export class Reader implements deno.Reader {
+  private buf: Uint8Array;
+  private rd: deno.Reader; // Reader provided by caller.
+  private r = 0; // buf read position.
+  private w = 0; // buf write position.
+  private lastByte: number;
+  private lastCharSize: number;
+
+  constructor(rd: deno.Reader, size = DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE) {
+    if (size < MIN_BUF_SIZE) {
+      size = MIN_BUF_SIZE;
+    }
+    this._reset(new Uint8Array(size), rd)
+  }
+
+  /** Returns the size of the underlying buffer in bytes. */
+  get byteLength(): number {
+    return this.buf.byteLength;
+  }
+
+  // Reads a new chunk into the buffer.
+  // Returns true if EOF, false on successful read.
+  async _fill(): Promise<boolean> {
+    // Slide existing data to beginning.
+    if (this.r > 0) {
+      this.buf.copyWithin(0, this.r, this.w);
+      this.w -= this.r;
+      this.r = 0;
+    }
+
+    if (this.w >= this.buf.byteLength) {
+      throw Error("bufio: tried to fill full buffer");
+    }
+
+    // Read new data: try a limited number of times.
+    for (let i = MAX_CONSECUTIVE_EMPTY_READS; i > 0; i--) {
+      const { nread, eof } = await this.rd.read(this.buf.subarray(this.w));
+      if (nread < 0) {
+        throw Error("negative read");
+      }
+      this.w += nread;
+      if (eof) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (nread > 0) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+    throw Error("No Progress");
+  }
+
+  /** Discards any buffered data, resets all state, and switches
+   * the buffered reader to read from r.
+   */
+  reset(r: deno.Reader): void {
+    this._reset(this.buf, r);
+  }
+
+  private _reset(buf: Uint8Array, rd: deno.Reader): void {
+    this.buf = buf;
+    this.rd = rd;
+    this.lastByte = -1;
+    this.lastCharSize = -1;
+  }
+
+  async read(p: ArrayBufferView): Promise<deno.ReadResult> {
+    throw Error("not implemented");
+    return { nread: 0, eof: false };
+  }
+
+  /** Returns the next byte [0, 255] or -1 if EOF. */
+  async readByte(): Promise<number> {
+    while (this.r === this.w) {
+      const eof = await this._fill(); // buffer is empty.
+      if (eof) {
+        return -1;
+      }
+    }
+    const c = this.buf[this.r];
+    this.r++;
+    this.lastByte = c;
+    return c;
+  }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/bufio_test.ts b/bufio_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a66052ba16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bufio_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import * as deno from "deno";
+import { test, assertEqual } from "http://deno.land/x/testing/testing.ts";
+import * as bufio from "./bufio.ts";
+import { Buffer } from "./buffer.ts";
+
+async function readBytes(buf: bufio.Reader): Promise<string> {
+  const b = new Uint8Array(1000);
+  let nb = 0;
+  while (true) {
+    let c = await buf.readByte();
+    if (c < 0) {
+      break; // EOF
+    }
+    b[nb] = c;
+    nb++;
+  }
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+  return decoder.decode(b.subarray(0, nb));
+}
+
+function stringsReader(s: string): deno.Reader {
+  const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+  const ui8 = encoder.encode(s);
+  return new Buffer(ui8.buffer as ArrayBuffer);
+}
+
+test(async function bufioReaderSimple() {
+  const data = "hello world";
+  const b = new bufio.Reader(stringsReader(data));
+  const s = await readBytes(b);
+  assertEqual(s, data);
+});
diff --git a/file_server.ts b/file_server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d3d5366ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file_server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { listenAndServe } from "./http.ts";
+import { open, cwd } from "deno";
+
+const addr = "0.0.0.0:4500";
+const d = cwd();
+
+listenAndServe(addr, async (req) => {
+  const filename = d + "/" + req.url;
+  let res;
+  try {
+    res = { status: 200, body: open(filename) };
+  } catch(e) {
+    res = { status: 500, body: "bad" };
+  }
+  req.respond(res);
+});
+
+console.log(`HTTP server listening on http://${addr}/`);
diff --git a/http.ts b/http.ts
index d4c496e152..c8b7d8d904 100644
--- a/http.ts
+++ b/http.ts
@@ -1,42 +1,72 @@
 import * as deno from "deno";
+import * as bufio from "./bufio.ts";
+import { TextProtoReader } from "./textproto.ts";
+
+type Handler = (req: ServerRequest) => Promise<void>;
 
 class Server {
   _closing = false;
 
   constructor(readonly listener: deno.Listener) {}
 
-  async serveConn(conn: deno.Conn) {
-    const buffer = new Uint8Array(1024);
-    try {
-      while (true) {
-        const r = await conn.read(buffer);
-        if (r.eof) {
-          break;
-        }
-        const response = new TextEncoder().encode(
-          "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 12\r\n\r\nHello World\n"
-        );
-        await conn.write(response);
-      }
-    } finally {
-      conn.close();
-    }
-  }
-
-  async serve() {
+  async serve(handler: Handler) {
     while (!this._closing) {
-      const conn = await this.listener.accept();
-      this.serveConn(conn);
+      const c = await this.listener.accept();
+      const sc = new ServerConn(c);
+      sc.serve(handler);
     }
   }
 
   close() {
     this._closing = true;
+    this.listener.close();
   }
 }
 
+class ServerConn {
+  constructor(readonly c: deno.Conn) {
+    // TODO Use memory pool to obtain bufr and bufw.
+    this.bufr = new bufio.Reader(c);
+    this.bufw = new bufio.Writer(c);
+  }
+
+  async serve(handler: Handler): Promise<void> {
+    const buffer = new Uint8Array(1024);
+    try {
+      while (true) {
+        const req = readRequest(this.bufr);
+
+        /*
+        const response = new TextEncoder().encode(
+          "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 12\r\n\r\nHello World\n"
+        );
+        await this.c.write(response);
+        */
+      }
+    } finally {
+      this.c.close();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function readRequest(b: bufio.Reader): ServerRequest {
+  const tp = new TextProtoReader(b);
+  const req = new ServerRequest();
+
+  // First line: GET /index.html HTTP/1.0
+  const s = await tp.readLine();
+  const [ method, url, proto ] = parseRequestLine(s);
+  console.log("readRequest", method, url);
+}
+
+// Returns [method, url, proto]
+function parseRequestLine(line: string): [ string, string, string ] {
+  return line.split(" ", 3);
+}
+
 export function listen(addr: string): Server {
   const listener = deno.listen("tcp", addr);
   const s = new Server(listener);
   return s;
 }
+
diff --git a/util.ts b/util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..decf4d043f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+export function assert(cond: boolean, msg = "assert") {
+  if (!cond) {
+    throw Error(msg);
+  }
+}