Re: [boost] sockets library

From: Andrei Alexandrescu (andrewalex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-19 16:40:46

From: "Ross Smith" <r-smith_at_[hidden]>
> I submit that a tight coupling between sockets and iostreams -- by which
> I mean a socket library designed on the assumption that iostreams will
> be the principal socket I/O mechanism -- would be a very bad idea. I'll
> try to explain why.

Besides, many people have never been very fond of iostreams' design...

Andrei