From:	Boon van der RJ <rjvdboon AT sloep102 DOT cs DOT vu DOT nl>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.networks,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: trying to port UNIX tcp/ip client to Win95
Date:	14 Oct 1998 09:16:19 GMT
Organization:	Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
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In comp.os.msdos.djgpp Duck <duck AT talker DOT com> wrote:
> DJGPP is great and all for porting but for socket stuff it just doesnt cut
> it (or at least it didnt for me). Try downloading Cyg-win32. It is a free
> compiler that works much like gcc.

Because Cyg-win32 uses gcc ;-)

If you want to use DJGPP, try libsocket (at version 0.7.3 right now)
which does support winsock1 (winsock2 and DOS-packet-based TCP/IP is
work in progress). on simtel: gnu/djgpp/v2tk/lsck073[bs].zip

hth,
 Robert.

PS Reduced the number of crosspostings, hope nobody minds ;-)
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