Oct 13
The “//” in URLs was a Mistake, Says Sir Berners-Lee
Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, modest creator of the internet, has a confession to make. When confronted with the question, “if you could go back in time and change anything along the way to inventing the internet, what would you change,” Sir Timothy hedged. Well, he said, you cannot in fact see what would have happened if you had made changes, implying that there may be spiraling consequences to a single small action (chaos theory). But he did make mention one change that he would have made:
The “//” in “http://” could in fact be just a single “/” if he had coded it properly.
via thenextweb.com
Sbadatello :)
