"It's just one HTTP client. There are better ones." Why don't you stop being intentionally vague and tell us which ones, and what makes them better? Because i

"It's just one HTTP client. There are better ones." Why don't you stop being intentionally vague and tell us which ones, and what makes them better? Because if there is something better than curl, with its enormous scope in protocols and platforms, and free of charge to boot, I would surely like to know. Curl's installed base is enormous. If everyone who uses curl had to switch to some other solution tomorrow, that would mean millions of developer hours wasted. If anything, the author of curl should be paid more.