Re: Note about a socket/network library

From: Joseph Berrios (jsberrios_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-01 16:46:14

--- In boost_at_y..., Iain.Hanson_at_u... wrote:
>      Hi,
>      
>      What does MacOS use in place of sockets? Is there any publicly 
>      available documentation for the Mac api? Do we need to support
MacOS 
>      prior to version x with this library?
>      
>      /ikh
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> Subject: [boost] Note about a socket/network library
> Author:  darylew (darylew_at_m...) at unix,mime
> Date:    01/08/01 13:31
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> Please note that not everyone has sockets, nor use it as the basis
of their 
> IP connections.  Everyone here has access to TCP/IP (if they didn't,
they 
> couldn't receive Boost!), so we could keep the initial interface
just the 
> high-level TCP/IP and UDP/IP stuff.
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> Daryle Walker
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> darylew AT mac DOT com
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I checked on the net and found an implementation of BSD Sockets 
for MAC OS.  The library is called GUSI (Grand Unified Socket
Interface).  I beleive that the socket library can be implemented
using the Socket library and with the help of GUSI, it will make it
easier to port it to the Mac.  It should also be mentioned that Java
also implements Sockets in MAC OS.

Joseph