At 11:19 AM 11/8/01 -0300, Papo Napolitano wrote: >Hi list! > >I was wondering what's the difference between using: > >1) $blah = pack('S n a4 x8', 2, 80, (gethostbyname("whatever.com"))[4]); >2) $blah = pack('S n a4 x8', 2, 80, inet_aton("whatever.com")); >3) $blah = sockaddr_in(80, inet_aton("whatever.com")); >4) $blah = sockaddr_in(80, (gethostbyname("whatever.com"))[4]); > >Is it just a matter of taste, of portability?
They're all somewhat retro :-) Just use IO::Socket and this is a lot easier on the eyes: $blah = IO::Socket::INET->new("whatever.com:80"); -- Peter Scott Pacific Systems Design Technologies http://www.perldebugged.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]