On Friday 30 November 2007 00:02:25 Micah Cowan wrote: > Alan Thomas wrote: > > What is wget2? Any plans to move to Java? (Of course, the latter > > will not be controversial. :) > > Java is not likely. The most likely language is probably still C, > especially as that's where our scant human resource assets are > specialized currently. I have toyed with thoughts of C++ or Python, > however - especially as the use of higher-level languages could allow > more rapid development, which is nice, given our (again) scant assets.
I'd vote for Python :-) > :) The truth is, it's too early to say, given that work hasn't even > > begun to have... begun. :D > > C still remains by far the most portable language (though of course, > writing it portably is tricky ;) ). But that's a bigger issue for the > existing Wget's purposes probably, than "new-fangled Wget 2". > > For information on what is planned for "Wget 2", check out the "Next > Generation" and "Unofficially Supported" sections of this page: > http://wget.addictivecode.org/FeatureSpecifications, and particularly, > this thread: http://www.mail-archive.com/wget%40sunsite.dk/index.html#10511 Thanks for the links:-) I really liked this idea - "An API for developers to write their own dynamically-loaded plugins" What I'm looking at wget for is saving streamed mp3 from a radio station, crazy but true.. such is life.
