From:	Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: No winsock support for djgpp?
Date:	Wed, 14 Mar 2001 23:00:11 +0000
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Hello.

James W Sager Iii wrote:
> I was just at:
> http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/lsck/lsck.htm
> 
> And he said he quit before it was completed.... So there isn't any
> winsock support for djgpp applications ?

That's not entirely true. libsocket works with Winsock 1.x and Winsock 2,
it's just that there are several major bugs in the virtual device driver
(VxD) used with Winsock 2. These limit libsocket's usefulness using stream
sockets (TCP/IP). It is probably OK for using datagram sockets (UDP/IP).
UDP/IP may be OK - it depends what you want kind of communication you
want.

Also, please refrain from swearing in this newsgroup. It's not polite and
you may offend some people.

HTH, bye,

-- 
Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com> http://www.bigfoot.com/~richdawe/ 

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