RE: [boost] Re: What is it with boost and tinyurl?
-----Original Message----- From: Rob Stewart [mailto:stewart@sig.com] If you were aware that foo.com/~mark became mark.com, you could make the translation having the other information in the original URL.
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From: Max Khesin <MKhesin@liquidnet.com>
From: Rob Stewart [mailto:stewart@sig.com]
If you were aware that foo.com/~mark became mark.com, you could make the translation having the other information in the original URL.
And how often are you aware of foo.com/~mark becoming mark.com?
From my perspective, the value of using TinyURL is that of making long, ugly URLs manageable. For shorter, "non-ugly" URLS (based
It has happened on more than a few occasions, but it isn't often. The point was that it was an additional value added by seeing the original URL. purely on my subjective opinion, of course ;), using the original URL is preferable. -- Rob Stewart stewart@sig.com Software Engineer http://www.sig.com Susquehanna International Group, LLP using std::disclaimer;
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