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4th July 2010 - Link Blog

python/trunk/Lib/httplib.py in 1994 (via) Python’s original httplib implementation, checked in by Guido 16 years and 4 months ago. Not much younger than the Web itself.

Posted 4th July 2010 at 11:25 pm

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guido-van-rossum 18 http 124 python 1,283 recovered 213 httplib 1

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