Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

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>   > I think the main issue is that url.el can often be rather slow,
>   > sometimes taking half a minute or more to complete a request that would
>   > take curl or other libraries a blink of an eye.
>
>   > If curl or whatever other method could be used to accelerate url.el, a
>   > lot of application in Emacs would become more feasible to use, without
>   > having to rewrite anything.
>
> I see.  No problem in making that faster.
>
>   > Request.el is another story, and I can't comment on that. It's probably
>   > just like with dash/s/f/... where non-elisp developers dislike the
>   > built-in API, but I'm just guessing.
>
> From what people have said here, it sounds unproblematical.
> But could you explain what you mean by comparing it with dash/s/f/?
> Would someone please tell me what names the entry points of request.el have?