libWWW (was: Re: Alpha release!)

[Kultarr <kultarr@rocketmail.com>]

---Hary Walsh <hwalsh@tellabs.ie> wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Andrew" == ajb6  <ajb6@cornell.edu> writes:
> 
>     Andrew> I looked at libWWW early on in the project.  I was rather
>     Andrew> unhappy with the quality and design of the code, but of
>     Andrew> course that is a personal issue.
> 
> About 3 years ago I used libWWW to develop a proxy management system
> for linux.  I agree the the library design is a bit messy, but it is
> small and provides a lot of functionality.  It might be useful as a
> tool for demonstrating certain concepts, and for implementing low
> level functionality at certain immature phases of some modules.
> 
> 3 years ago I ended up dumping the library after writing most of the
> stuff I needed.  But it made the initial design of the application
> much much easier.

Exactly what I was getting at... the quality of the code may not
be that great, but as long as it can limp in the right direction
it may be a quick stop gap until something better is written...

If the interface sucks for what we need, then is it possible to
place it in wrappers so as to simulate what is needed.  This could
let you get something running quite quickly... 

Hary, is this code you wrote to replace libWWW available?  Can it
be made into some sort of library Mnemonic could leverage?  

===
Kultarr

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