From:	clee2 AT envirolink DOT org (Chris Lee)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: netbd.h, sockets.h, in.h and types.h don't work
Date:	31 May 2000 21:51:08 GMT
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In article <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1000530110109 DOT 905O-100000 AT is>, eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il 
says...
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>On 30 May 2000, Chris Lee wrote:
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>> >The addition of a networking library to DJGPP would probably add a lot 
of
>> >code to libc. If most people don't use networking, is it worth it?
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>> Ask the people who compile software like trn,pine,lynx,kermit ect,ect,ect 
>> under linux using GCC.
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>Asking those people is bound to bring a very biased answer.  Rich was 
>talking about DJGPP users, not about Linux users.

Err it's basically linux users who are using DJGPP to port Lynx to 
windows and dos, so they are DJGPP users right?


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>> And just how would including/intergrating a networking library like 
>> yours or Watt32 into DJGPP add any code whatsoever to libc? 
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>Obviously, the size of libc.a gets larger.  So it takes longer to
>download djdevNNN.zip.

Dude we're NOT talking about Microsoft-style intergration here.....

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