Re: [gopher] Question

[James Mills <prologic@shortcircuit.net.au>]

On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Driedfruit <driedfruit@mindloop.net> wrote:

You have to admit, though, that modern HTTP does have it's undeniable
strengths over gopher.

Being a web developer for over a decade now

the only advantages that exist as far as I'm concerned are:

* Caching

* Compression

* Negotiation (rarely used)

Did I miss anything?

Also IHMO Gopher could have had/used such capabilities

without necessarily bastardizing the protocol.

cheers

James

James Mills / prologic

E: prologic@shortcircuit.net.au

W: prologic.shortcircuit.net.au

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