[REBOL] Re: FTP scheme was Re: Reading empty directories via FTP error
From: brett:codeconscious at: 17-Nov-2003 12:52
Hi Ed,
> I recall reading that the Netscape developer (pre-AOL days) responsible
for
> their browser FTP code was incredulous when it was decided that they would
> recode their entire browser from scratch. He had written ugly code to
> carefully manage 60 or so nonstandard variations of the protocol
implemented
> by FTP server software.
Sixty! Wow.
> Reichart's company wrote a commercial/sharware FTP client a while back
> (IIRC), so it must be possible to do a reasonably good implementation.
Yes, FTP Gadget.
Regards,
Brett.
