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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 20:48:06 +0000
From: Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
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To: DJGPP workers <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
CC: Michael Callahan <mjc AT rodagroup DOT com>, "Peter J. Braam" <braam AT cs DOT cmu DOT edu>
Subject: Integrating BSD socket networking into DJGPP
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Hello.

	I was wondering what the position is on integrating something like libsocket
into DJGPP, in order to provide BSD socket networking. At the moment I'm not
sure it's a good idea because:

1. It doesn't work under plain old DOS.
2. It needs lots of configuration.
3. It has too many bugs for my liking, and is still in rapid development.
4. It comprises a lot of code.

	Having said this, the Coda project's SOCK.VXD would allow a much cleaner
interface than the one needed by Winsock's WSOCK.VXD, so it might be better to
dump libsocket and write the BSD socket networking from scratch.

	Bye,

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         Rich Dawe - 4th-year MSci Physicist @ Bristol University, UK
           richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com, http://www.bigfoot.com/~richdawe/
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