Twenty-nine years ago on this day, #httpget 0.1 was released.
I found the tool a few days later and within a few months I became the maintainer. We later renamed it. Twice. The last name it got is #curl. It stuck.
httpget was my first insight and lesson into HTTP and since then I have kept learning it.
httpget 0.1 was written by Rafael Sagula, who unfortunately is not with us anymore.
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •Sad but understandable.. I remember httpget. His inspiration to make something new lives with us, and with characters he typed or not, curl has had a massive and positive impact on the world.
Wulfy—Speaker to the machines
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I did a software / art project based on old code that was exhibited in Tasmania's MONA.
Though no one would know, or care, I made an effort to use original bitmaps.
I felt it was my duty as a "software curator/restorer" to use techniques similar to art conservators. It was just my personal philosophy I felt the software deserved.
Thank you for writing curl, it's super useful for troubleshooting web server backends.
I was astounded when I found you on Masto.
It's legendary!
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •GitHub - curl/httpget: Historic versions of httpget source code
GitHubJim Fuller
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curl.seMr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •Thank you from the heart of my bottom for curl. I curl one out every day.
Seriously though, curl is hands down the best network tool, right after nmap. Thank you for maintaining it so brilliantly for so long.
gary
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