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Re: lynx-dev dev.24 Archive link runaround
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Philip Webb |
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Re: lynx-dev dev.24 Archive link runaround |
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Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:51:02 -0400 (EDT) |
990426 Larry Virden wrote:
> 990425 Philip Webb wrote:
>> please show me a case of 2 URLs which differ only in a final /
>> & which have different meaningful content, anywhere on the WWW ...
> http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ and http://www.perl.com/CPAN
> are totally different.
well yes, what you get from them is different,
but they don't have different meaningful content:
as the latter says, the former redirects you to the nearest ftp site,
while the latter gives you a choice of ftp sites,
all for the same thing, an ftp directory of CPAN software.
is `nearest' always `quickest'?
this use of / seems to be an arbitrary choice by the site manager:
are users supposed to make careful notes or remember the difference?
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- lynx-dev Jeez now I've started a non-Lynx discussion, (continued)
- Re: lynx-dev Jeez now I've started a non-Lynx discussion, Chuck Martin, 1999/04/25
- lynx-dev NOT slash vs no-slash (was: Jeez now I've started ...), Klaus Weide, 1999/04/26
- Re: lynx-dev NOT slash vs no-slash (was: Jeez now I've started ...), Chuck Martin, 1999/04/26
- Re: lynx-dev Jeez now I've started a non-Lynx discussion, David Combs, 1999/04/26
- Re: lynx-dev Jeez now I've started a non-Lynx discussion, Chuck Martin, 1999/04/27
- Re: lynx-dev dev.24 Archive link runaround, Klaus Weide, 1999/04/26
Re: lynx-dev dev.24 Archive link runaround, Larry W. Virden, 1999/04/26
- Re: lynx-dev dev.24 Archive link runaround,
Philip Webb <=
Re: lynx-dev dev.24 Archive link runaround, Henry Nelson, 1999/04/26