Collected quotes and snippets from people publicly sneezing off or belittling what curl is, explaining how easy it would be to make a replacement in no time with no effort or generally not being very helpful.
These are statements made seriously. For all I know, they were not ironic. If you find others to add here, please let me know!
I can do it in less than a 100 lines
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I can do it in a three day weekend
(The yellow marking in the picture was added by me.)
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No reason to be written in C
Maybe not exactly in the same category as the two ones above, but still a significant “I know this” vibe:
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We sold a curl exploit
Some people deliberately decides to play for the other team.
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This isn’t a big deal
It’s easy to say things on Twitter…
This tweet was removed by its author after I and others replied to it so I cannot link it. The name has been blurred on purpose because of this.