[fpc-pascal] FTP support gone - switch to HTTP ?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 18 May 2021, Graeme Geldenhuys via fpc-pascal wrote:

>
> On 17/05/2021 3:13 pm, Karoly Balogh via fpc-pascal wrote:
>> I'd actually keep
>> FTP enabled, as it doesn't hurt anything and it's still a thing for retro
>> downloads.
>
> Not just "retro" but a more efficient and faster protocol for file downloads.
> Unfortunately the whole world is going HTTP crazy and thinks everything should
> go over it, including the kitchen sink.

I'm old enough to remember the time when I used the NCSA and netscape browsers
with the Gopher protocol. Apparently it still exists, on about 300 sites :-)

Michael.