[racket] racket and libcURL

Instead of using the FFI, you can also write a library that wraps the 
"curl" command-line executable.  This has the advantages of keeping 
large file I/O out of Racket (lower processing overhead, no GC, 
schedulable by the host OS on other CPUs/cores), and of process 
isolation (i.e., not having additional C code in the same process as the 
Racket VM, so that less risk of the C code causing stability or security 
programs).

(There is a somewhat fancy "curl" process Racket library that someone 
wrote, but I don't know whether or when they'll be able to open source 
it.  Probably best to just write a simple one that does what you need.)

Neil V.

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