what are the advantages of wcf service with basicHttp over ASMX Web Services

Purpose is to develop basic services without any security mechanism.

What advantage we can get using WCF service with basicHttpBinding over ASMX web services.

UPDATE :

WCF does have many advantages over asmx 开发者_运维技巧web services, but what's with specific case of basicHttp binding ?

One advantage is - WCF service is faster due to performance improvement by using DataContract serializer over XMLSerializer used by asmx web services.

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Cross-platform compatability is the first thing that jumps to mind. If you have non-WCF web service clients they are more likely to be able to use your web service if it uses basicHttpBinding or wsHttpBinding.