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> SMTP really is a very simple protocol, that's matured for decades now. Also it is fully specified by RFCs. So simple and so mature it needs an RFC. I'll tak
by lugg 9y ago
> SMTP really is a very simple protocol, that's matured for decades now. Also it is fully specified by RFCs.
So simple and so mature it needs an RFC.
I'll take the http API I can figure out in 10 seconds because I make API requests all day over some ancient tech I don't even want to begin to understand.
Does that make me lazy and a shit developer? Probably. Do I care. Definitely not.
- GordonS 9y agoHaving an RFC hardly means it's not simple; it means it has a well-defined specification. Do you actually think HTTP isn't specified in an RFC?