I don't know about C, but I read that C++ doesn't have any "standard" library for networking stuff. I was wondering which libraries for C were more popular or higher acclaimed. And who better to ask than the experts themselves?
Many thanks in advance
diode
The libraries depends on the operating system which is why neither c nor c++ supports TCP/IP and networks directly. For MS-Windows just use win32 api functions found in winsock.h, which is pretty compatible with Berkley Sockets standard.
I don't know if there is a platform-independent socket library, but I suppose anything can happen.
There are probably many free socket libraries on the new, one of them is here.
As for platform, the one I am presently concerned with is UNIX/Linux. I have found out that the GNU C LIbrary contains a library for dealing with sockets.
To quote from the link I am providing as a reference to those who would be interested in the subject,
Not all operating systems support sockets. In the GNU library, the header file `sys/socket.h' exists regardless of the operating system, and the socket functions always exist, but if the system does not really support sockets, these functions always fail.
This is a very good article. I highly recommend it even if one is using another platform.
http://www.cs.utah.edu/dept/old/texinfo/glibc-manual-0.02/library_15.html
Thanks,
diode
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