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Re:Zig now has built-in HTTP server and client in std by EscapeFromNY on Thursday May 18, 2023 @04:41PM (#35993762)
If that's the only purpose, why is there be an http server too? The package manager should only need an http client.
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Re:Zig now has built-in HTTP server and client in std by jsyolo on Thursday May 18, 2023 @05:02PM (#35994015)
To host packages metadata?
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Re:Zig now has built-in HTTP server and client in std by squeek502 on Thursday May 18, 2023 @06:14PM (#35994893)
My understanding is that it's there to allow for testing the client. Relevant issue: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/910
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Re:Zig now has built-in HTTP server and client in std by synergy20 on Thursday May 18, 2023 @09:04PM (#35996495)
is this true? i was excited that zig will provide a http server in its stdlib similar to what go does in fact.
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