For security reasons. AFAIK HTTPS wasn't even invented at the time. On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 11:44 AM, John Torakis <john.tora...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 23/08/2017 21:41, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > This isn't ever going to be a standard feature. It's available as a > third-party package and that's fine. > > I'd like to add a historic note -- this was first proposed around 1995 by > Michael McLay. (Sorry, I don't have an email sitting around, but I'm sure > he brought this up at or around the first Python workshop at NIST in 1995 > -- I was his guest at NIST for several months at the time.) > > Woah! I was 2 years old at that time! Little did I know! > Can I ask why it got rejected the first time? > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido <http://python.org/%7Eguido>) > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing > listPython-ideas@python.orghttps://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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