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Gopher is a fork of Go language. Gofer is Haskell-like language, replaced by Hugs. I think the Gopher protocol predates both of them. It's kind of like HTTP b
by forgotmypw17 5y ago
Gopher is a fork of Go language.
Gofer is Haskell-like language, replaced by Hugs.
I think the Gopher protocol predates both of them. It's kind of like HTTP but without HTML: just basic directory listings and files.
- zelphirkalt 5y agoWait, wasn't/isn't Hugs (also?) a compiler for Haskell?
- poulpy123 5y agoIt's a very old internet protocol that I've not encountered in more than 20 years and even at this time it was more of a curious remnant than something useful. I've never heard of finger and Gemini
- forgotmypw17 5y agoFinger is even older (by over a decade). Gemini is actually pretty new, sort of like a re-imagined Gopher.
- United857 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(protocol) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(protocol) Back when logging into a shell server was the standard way to access the Internet, finger provided a way to get information on users on a particular/site. E.g. finger someone@server.school.edu. Usually you could create dotfiles named .project/.plan in your home directory, and the contents would be displayed for all to see. .project/.plan files were the blogs/tweets of that era. Sometimes I miss those simpler days!
- ecliptik 5y agoGopher is still alive (albeit small), Gemini sits between Gopher and Web, https://thedorkweb.substack.com/p/gopher-gemini-and-the-smol-internet https://thedorkweb.substack.com/p/gopher-gemini-and-the-smol... https://gemini.circumlunar.space/ https://gemini.circumlunar.space/