[tech] dumb vs. dumber

[Luke Emmet]

On 21-Dec-2020 13:36, Björn Wärmedal wrote:
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> * Gemini will not get a PUT/POST feature, because there isn't a
> reasonable way to fit it in. Instead you'll see lots of competing
> "companion protocols" that do this, and I honestly don't believe that
> any of them will gain great enough traction that more than one browser
> will pick any up. HTTP does this better, after all, and you can always
> build specialized tools for your particular platform too.
> * Gemtext will not get feature X, because it's actually just a
> somewhat souped-up text/plain. If you want more out of it there are
> already formats that support that a lot better -- markdown, html, pdf,
> odt to name a few. Solderpunk mentioned (a long time ago now?) that he
> was pondering an even simpler format that would just be plain text
> lines and link lines. That point is moot now, because gemtext is so
> easily parsed and brings so much more readability at such a low cost
> that I think people would just write gemtext anyway.
> * Gemini will not inline things or transclude things, because gemini
> transactions are expensive in that regard. We don't reuse connections,
> and that's a *big* thing about the philosophy and simplicity of
> implementations. I get that some people will want to add this, but why
> fight that uphill battle when HTTP already has it and does it better?
Hi ew0k

Let's not leap to too quickly to unsubstantiated assertions - otherwise 
I shall feel obliged to mutter some opaque comment about the realm of 
the possible being indeed wider than it may seem at first. :)

  - Luke