Re: [NTLK] Pauls future direction...

From: Jeremy Bond Shepherd (jbond_at_jameswhale.com)
Date: Tue Oct 29 2002 - 20:08:06 EST

At 06:24 PM 10/29/2002 -0500, Steve Weyer <weyer_at_kagi.com> wrote:

> > Plus all the type check
> > when you access it.
> > It would be more convenient to have binaries there.
> > Plus it would be better if the C++ code handled more of the transfer
> > (like sending HTTP requests, checking the result, etc).
>
>sounds good! (and maybe even time then to resurrect Waba;
>or even better yet a 'real' Java... I've been spoiled by having nice
>libraries for http:, https: connections).

This would well and truly rock. A faster, more usable Newt's Cape would be
very close to the top of my list of Newton wishes. In particular, the slow
transfers of pages with no Content-Length declared is one of my major Newt
annoyances.

-Jeremy 

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