OpenEuphoria

Re: new Eu version, no built-in socks yet

• Posted by Brian Jackson <bjackson at 2FARGON.HYPERMART.NET> Nov 25, 1999
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On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 15:09:30 -0600, Kat <KSMiTH at PELL.NET> wrote:

>> What's an internet server got to do with Euphoria ???
>
>Not much, why do you ask? Altho i guess if they were supported, one could
>write a server, or talk to one, or talk to other puters on an intranet
> like a linux Eu app on a linux box connected to the internet, and a win98
>box running windoze apps ), linking various Eu apps on the same puter,, or
>other such things.
>
>Kat

Kat, all these things are already supported (albeit in a beta version),
with srvsckip.ew! There are several examples of socket apps out there, not
the least of which is the internet server by Hawke'.  Greg Phillips and
Jesus Conseguera have written some interesting demos, and I've got a beta
version of a pop3 mail server.  (Regrets if I've left anyone out).

As for Linux, the API calls will be slightly different, but it shouldn't be
too hard to translate with the proper documentation.

Since both the Windows and 'nix platforms already support sockets through
the standard API's, what would be gained by creating built-ins to do this
in the interpreter?

Brian Jackson