2006/9/13, Avi Bryant <avi.bryant at gmail.com>:
>
> On Sep 13, 2006, at 2:42 PM, Philippe Marschall wrote:
> >>
> >> Hence my interest in a libCURL plugin...
> >
> > Which is just the confession that HTTPSocket will not be fixed.
> > Otherwise there would be no need for libCURL, the protocols would be
> > implemented in Squeak and work wherever Squeak works.
>
> True.  But recognize that doing that right requires implementing SSL
> in pure Squeak, since being able to access HTTP services without
> supporting HTTPS is nearly pointless.

Sure. Java does it, so why can't we?

Philippe