>Derek Martin said:
> > On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Paul Lussier wrote:
> >
> > > HTTP adds nothing more than convenience to the command-line
> > > challenged. It's slow and bulky.
> >
> > HUH? The HTTP protocol is neither! It's a very small, lightwieght
> > protocol. What are you talking about?
> >
> > This can easily be demonstrated by using telnet:
> >
> > $ telnet www.yoursite.com 80
> > Trying yourip...
> > Connected to www.yoursite.com.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > GET /some/path/in/the/webserver/heirarchy HTTP/1.0
> >
> > [spewage follows]
> >
> > The protocol itself is sufficiently compact that a web server can be
> > written in just a few hundred lines of code. Please explain what you mean
> > by "slow and clunky" as I can find no evidence of that.
>
>I've yet to see a good command line client where it's easy to type the stuff
>in, or bash script (and yes, I've used and like lynx).
Don't forget "wget"
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