Curl: Nobody Wants to Work with Windows

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kristianp•about 2 hours ago

The original post: https://mastodon.social/@bagder/117061983160992793

f30e3dfed1c9•about 3 hours ago

They should just drop support for Windows and let Microsoft develop something with similar functionality. If Microsoft doesn't, well, them's the breaks.

edflsafoiewq•about 3 hours ago

There is already Invoke-WebRequest. Powershell 5 infamously shipped with "curl" as an alias for it. So be careful what you wish for.

chrisandchris•about 2 hours ago

Isn't Invoke-WebRequest the one that makes it really hard to have an exit code != 0 if your request fails?

rini17•about 3 hours ago

Since curl has minimal non-copyleft license, Microsoft can just use it as is.

However seems they lost capability to properly maintain anything, most obvious problems will be patched with AI crap at best.