Use of cURL and OpenSSL versus CF and NS Classes

• Tom Fortmann Use of cURL and OpenSSL versus CF and NS Classes Nov 03 2008, 17:37
  I'm porting some code to OS X (10.4 is minimum required level) that uses the
  cURL and OpenSSL libraries.  I see both of these libraries are present in
  the /usr/lib directory on a stock machine.  So, I am assuming they are
  included in the base OS X build.  What I'm wondering is, is it safe to
  assume these will be present for the foreseeable 10.x future, or should I
  take the time now to convert this code to use the Core foundation classes.
  The code is a mix of C and C++, and I wasn't planning on moving to
  Objective-C unless there is a hard requirement to do so.
  
  
  
  I know there isn't a definitive answer here, but I'm hoping the wealth of
  experience on this list can provide some good advice.
  
  
  
  Tom Fortmann
  
  Xcape Solutions Inc.
• Nick Zitzmann Re: Use of cURL and OpenSSL versus CF and NS Classes Nov 03 2008, 18:40
  On Nov 3, 2008, at 9:37 AM, Tom Fortmann wrote:
  
  

  > I'm porting some code to OS X (10.4 is minimum required level) that
  > uses the
  > cURL and OpenSSL libraries.  I see both of these libraries are
  > present in
  > the /usr/lib directory on a stock machine.  So, I am assuming they are
  > included in the base OS X build.  What I'm wondering is, is it safe to
  > assume these will be present for the foreseeable 10.x future
  

  
  Yes, since it would break a lot of apps if one of those libraries was
  removed. Apple still ships Mac OS X with OpenSSL 0.9.6, for example,
  even though it's obsolete, because some older apps depend on it.
  
  Nick Zitzmann
  <http://www.chronosnet.com/>