Re: [gopher] Question
> On 11 Feb 2015, at 17:29, NN NN <aepedia@yandex.ru> wrote:
>
> For what reasons is Gopher needed if there are FTP and HTTP?
FTP provides directories but no hyperlinks. HTTP provides hyperlinks but no directories. Gopher provides both hyperlinks and directories combining both FTP and HTTP. Of course no one uses Gopher, but that’s another story :-)
- Kim
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