yes, but that is what makes a good project design, a good separation of UI from what its doing -- its why libcurl is adopted by dozens of other projects for the

yes, but that is what makes a good project design, a good separation of UI from what its doing -- its why libcurl is adopted by dozens of other projects for their http library, while wget doesn't have a properly written separate library for 3rd party use, they significantly reduced the group of people who would contribute. In addition, because curl is under a BSD/MIT/apcahe style license, you are in a better position to develop a diverse community.