# curl is 23 years old today | daniel.haxx.se

<https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/03/20/curl-is-23-years-old-today/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Origin story and history of a "client that groks the URLs". Curl is used all over the place. I would guess nearly every technical person uses it on a regular basis. Happy 23rd Birthday! 🎂

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