libURL rocks

[Scott Raney]

On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 andu <undo at cloud9.net> wrote:

> --On Tuesday, July 2, 2002 8:11 AM +0100 Dave Cragg 
> <dcragg at lacscentre.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > At 10:31 pm -0700 1/7/02, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> >
> >> Dave Cragg: thank you for putting in the time for the error-checking in
> >> libURL, and the handy MakeDir feature that makes uploading to
> >> as-yet-non-existent directories a snap.
> >
> > I love the plaudits, Richard, but it would be wrong to leave the
> > impression that this is some kind of selfless endeavor. Work on libUrl is
> > sponsored by Runtime Revolution, which means they should get the thanks.
> > (When it doesn't work, abuse, etc. should probably come in my direction.
> > :))
> >
> > Cheers
> > Dave
> 
> If you guys came this far, go that extra step and pay respects to Raney who 
> was the initiator  and original sponsor of libURL (and the original 
> libURL;-).

And as long as we're passing out kudos, a good helping goes to Andu
himself, who wrote the original version of libURL.  This was before RR
volunteered to take it over, and was no mean feat given the unfinished
state the engine socket support was in at the time.
  Regards,
    Scott

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