On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 10:25, Tim Johnson wrote: > Short answer: > > A socket is a machine address and a TCP port, identifying a particular > application running at a particular address. This allows two-way > communication between machines running a particular application. > > Long answer: > > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc147.html >
at least with unix and its varients..you also have "file sockets". Does not need a inetrnet addr just a file name. If you have ever worked with files using perl...you pretty much already know how to do some basic stuff with internet or unix sockets. HTH, jd > -----Original Message----- > From: john tarn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 9:10 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: silly question > > > i am still a novice in perl so forgive me for this simple question. > what is socket programming? what do sockets do? is there a site > that can explain them to me? thanks > > john > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- jdavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
