[gopher] Question

[James Mills]

On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Driedfruit <driedfruit at 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

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