Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Jun 1999 15:17:22 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mark H. Wood" <> | Subject | Re: A few questions..... |
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On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 androsyn@i95.com wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 jerome@psti.com wrote: > > the advantage of open("http://www.site.org"); vs open_http("www.site.org"); > > is the possiblity of the existing code -without- modification. all > > the current tools would work as is. > > > > example: cat http://www.site.org/index.html | less
consider this example:
'http://www.site.org/index.html'
That is, run the object of that URL as a program, same as you would compiled code, or a shell script, or a Java class. That should be interesting. Someone's going to want it pretty soon, if for no other reason than that Win32 can do it:
C:/> START http://www.site.org/index.html
What it means on Win32 is to run your default Web browser and pass it that URL. This takes a pile of code in ShellExecute() and a fair amount of data in the (pardon my language) Registry. Think about it.
-- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer mwood@IUPUI.Edu A Brazil-nut is neatly packaged and tightly integrated. To turn it into food, you must crack and remove the shell. I find that I feel the same way about an increasing number of software products. *sigh*
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