"This is not a real HTTP client." It's a TCP client curl is an HTTP client I prefer TCP clients to HTTP clients. Simpler, easier to modify, faster to compil

"This is not a real HTTP client." It's a TCP client curl is an HTTP client I prefer TCP clients to HTTP clients. Simpler, easier to modify, faster to compile There are many to choose from. For example, I use a modified version of tcploop For generating HTTP, I use own utilties. This is more flexible than curl. There are some things curl cannot do, even though it has too many options