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A Web Server in Awk

3 pointsby r11tover 14 years ago

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bradleylandover 14 years ago
I know these are fun little code examples, but calling them web servers is a little extreme. What is the minimum functionality required to label something a "web server"? I mean, shouldn't a web server at least support a skeleton set of HTTP request types and return status codes?<p>I'm not trying to be pedantic here. I just feel that if a new developer were cutting their teeth and came across these examples of "A web server in X", they'd feel a little confused. "Is this all there is to a web server?" No, absolutely not. Not even close.