[Python-Dev] More deprecations

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:38:35 -0500


    Guido> Is the gopher protocol really dead?

    Neal> gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/0/v2/vstat

    Neal> says it could find "555 unique servers (counting host and port
    Neal> pairs)."

Recent versions of Opera don't support gopher directly.  I tried clicking
the above link and Opera said:

   The address type requires the use of a proxy server.

While it may not technically be dead, it certainly appears it's pulse is
weak.

Skip