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1. 1vuio0+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-06-29 04:18:57
The second web browser came in 1992. Unlike the first one from 1990 that was written in "Objective C" for _only_ NeXT computers (thanks to Steve Jobs BS), this one was written in C and thus portable to multiple operating systems and multiple architectures. It was distributed with a library, libwww, and at least thirty(!) simple, example programs illustrating how to use the library to write programs to access websites.

IMHO, it puts to shame the bloated, non-portable, overly-complicated, advertising-sponsored crap that is distrubuted today.

https://www.w3.org/Library/Distribution/w3c-libwww-5.4.2.tgz

30 small example programs written in C plus documentation for every one. Good luck finding something like that today.

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2. 1vuio0+ht1[view] [source] 2024-06-29 21:40:22
>>1vuio0+(OP)
https://www.w3.org/History.html

Line mode still works great. Text-only.

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