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Re: Re(2): saving a URL/newbie rant

From: James Gallagher <jimg@dcz.cvo.oneworld.com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 96 11:15:07 PDT
Message-Id: <9605241815.AA15148@dcz.cvo.oneworld.com>
To: www-lib@w3.org

 >"Henrik" == Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <frystyk@w3.org> writes:

 > libwww in C++ but I also don't think that this is necessary. What _is_ 
 > feasible, however, would be to build a C++ API on top of the libwww core. 
 > For example a new HTAccess module with a lot better interface for getting a 
 > URL in a simple way. This would be a good start!

 > I just toook a quick count - there are almost 350 subscribers to this 
 > mailing list and I would be surprised if we should not be able to put 
 > together a small team that would have as task to write a client API in C++ 
 > on top of libwww.

 > We would be happy to provide the disk space and maybe an additional mailing 
 > list for this.

 > What do you say?

 > Henrik

I am not an expert on libwww but since I posted the `saving a URL' question
and since I am *already* writing C++ code that interfaces to libwww I might
as well volunteer. I have fairly modest requirements, however, so I think
that a group effort is the way to go.

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James Gallagher		         The Distributed Oceanographic Data System
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Received on Friday, 24 May 1996 14:15:15 UTC

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