On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 11:37 -0500, Ben Eisenbraun wrote: > Couldn't Coot just use the > > binary that came with the operating system? > > No. The library is the proper thing to use.
Also, wget depends on libssl anyway, so using it via, say, popen call would simply add an extra unnecessary dependency. Not that there is anything fundamentally wrong with this (unless one is a purist) - I'd say when one needs to get a crude but working code quickly set up in a specific environment abstraction of this kind saves time and the modern cpu power reduces the speed penalty to undetectable levels. Still, Ben is correct and using a library (which is binary too) is more appropriate. -- Coot verendus est
