From: Leonard Rosenthol (leonardr@lazerware.com)
Date: Mon Oct 27 2003 - 11:17:25 EST
At 4:46 PM +0100 10/27/03, Jordi Mas wrote:
>> Actually, it doesn't. WinInet is fine for a "hack", but isn't
>>usable for serious I/O - libcurl is MUCH more robust, flexible, and
>>faster. (and it's xp - which means we don't have to waste time
>>abstracting it).
>
>Is this a personal opinion or it is based on empirical facts?
Personal experience and that of others I know doing Windows
development.
>I probably won't use wininet for a server application but it's more
>than fine for a client application.
>
That's a good point - I am considering the server-side and
the need for threading/reliability/etc....It may well do OK for
client side.
However, it is still not as complete as libcurl.
Leonard
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