On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 11:37 -0500, Ben Eisenbraun wrote:
> Couldn't Coot just use the
> > binary that came with the operating system?
>
> No. The library is the proper thing to use.
Also, wget depends on libssl anyway, so using it via, say, popen call
would simply add an extra unnecessary dependency. Not that there is
anything fundamentally wrong with this (unless one is a purist) - I'd
say when one needs to get a crude but working code quickly set up in a
specific environment abstraction of this kind saves time and the modern
cpu power reduces the speed penalty to undetectable levels. Still, Ben
is correct and using a library (which is binary too) is more
appropriate.
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Coot verendus est
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