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Uma uqala ukuxova umugqa womyalo, kungase kuzwakale sengathi kunodonga olungangeneki phakathi kwesikhala sasendaweni ochitha kuso kanye ne-inthanethi enkulu. Ngasohlangothini lwakho, unemiyalo yakho namafayela, futhi ngale kodonga, kukhona amaseva, izithombe, ama-API, amakhasi ewebhu, nezinye izingcezu zedatha ewusizo, ehlala ishintsha. Enye yezindlela ezidume kakhulu ngalolo donga kube yi-cURL, noma “i-URL yeklayenti,” ehlanganisa iminyaka engu-25 kule nyanga.
Ithuluzi le-cURL liqale njengendlela yokuthi umklami u-Daniel Stenberg avumele abasebenzisi be-Internet Chat Relay ukuthi balande ngokushesha amanani okushintshanisa imali besengaphakathi kwewindi lengxoxo yabo. Njengoba kuchaziwe ku-an umlando ogciniwe wephrojekthi, yayakhiwe ekuqaleni ngethuluzi elikhona lomugqa womyalo, i-httpget, elakhiwe ngu-Rafael Sagula. Inguqulo engu-1.0 yakhululwa ngo-1997, yabe isishintsha amagama ukuze i-urlget ngo-2.0, njengoba yayingeze ku-GOPHER, FTP, nezinye izimiso. Ngo-1998, ithuluzi lingalayisha futhi lidawunilode, ngakho inguqulo 4.0 yaqanjwa ngokuthi cURL.
Eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela, i-cURL ikhule yahlanganisa cishe yonke iphrothokholi ye-inthanethi, isebenza ngezitifiketi nokubethela, ihlinzeka ngezibopho zezilimi ezingaphezu kwezingu-50, futhi ifakwe ekusabalazweni kwe-Linux nezinye izinhlelo. Iphrojekthi ye-cURL manje isihlanganisa kokubili umyalo womugqa womyalo ngokwawo kanye nelabhulali ye-libcurl. Ngo-2020, umlando wephrojekthi ulinganisela ukuthi umyalo nomtapo wolwazi wawufakwe ezikhathini ezingaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyi-10 emhlabeni jikelele.
Ulubungaza kanjani ucezu lwezakhiwo ze-inthanethi ezibalulekile ezihlanganisa iminyaka engama-25? I-Stenberg ihlela ukusingatha i-“Zoom birthday party” e 17:00 isikhathi se-UTC ngoMashi 20. Hlola kabili leso sikhathi endaweni yangakini: “Kuphakathi kwalesi sikhathi esiyinqaba phakathi [when] I-US isishintshele esikhathini sokulondoloza emini ngenkathi iYurophu ingakashintshi,” UStenberg ubhala kubhulogi yakhe. I-Stenberg ihlela ukuphuza i-Bowmore Islay single-malt Scotch yeminyaka engu-25, ngenkathi yethula umlando wephrojekthi nezinhlelo zesikhathi esizayo ngenkathi iphendula imibuzo. (Isixhumanisi socingo lwe-Zoom sizongezwa kuso Iposi lebhulogi likaStenberg eduze kuka-March 20.)
Uma kubhekwa ukuhambisana nokutholakala kwayo cishe kwendawo yonke, i-cURL ihlala iyithuluzi elibalulekile lokubamba okuqukethwe kwekhasi lewebhu, ukukhiqiza ama-API, ukutholakala kwesayithi lokuhlola nesikhathi sokuphendula, nokunye okuningi. Ilokhu ihambisa idatha selokhu kwazalwa uTom Holland; ngokuqinisekile ifanelwe iphathi encane.
