On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Alan Thomas wrote:
Sorry for the misunderstanding. Honestly, Java would be a great language for what wget does.
Perhaps, but not for where wget is used: on numerous platforms as a stand-alone downloadable tool, including on embedded and small-CPU devices. Environments where java doesn't excel.
Lots of built-in support for web stuff.
That's simply not true. It has some _basic_ support for some "web" protocols etc, but that's far from enough for a tool such as wget.
