From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: netbd.h, sockets.h, in.h and types.h don't work
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Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com> wrote:
>Chris Lee wrote:
>> It'll be a win for everybody. DJGPP will be able to compile more
>> programs, especially ones ported from linux, and the Watt32 and libnet
>> authors will get more people testing/debugging their code.
>
>I'm not convinced that adding these libraries to DJGPP would make any
>difference to the amount of testing they would get. IIRC libnet does not
>have a BSD socket interface, so that can't be used for porting.

Even though libnet has its own peculiar API and application protocol
(built on top of UDP and designed for netgames), it's designed along
the same lines (and by some of the same fellas) as the Allegro library
(does the job the same on all supported platforms).

I would definitely add wattcp and libsocket to the Zip Picker though.

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