On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 04:39:51PM -0600, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: > Nathan E Norman wrote: > >Why are you using the ftp method? The http method is more efficient > >since it uses HTTP 1.1 pipelining. > > *shrugs* Because I am. Maybe I'll switch to HTTP after today, but for > now I'm happy with ftp. Besides, HTTP = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, > FTP = File Transfer Protocol. In my mind it makes more sense to use ftp > to retrieve those files because FTP was made specifically for this purpose. > > Perhaps one day they'll improve upon FTP.
HTTP improved upon FTP long ago. The fact that the name hasn't been changed doesn't affect this. (I do this for a living.) Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
