Re: RFC 146 (v1) Remove socket functions from core

[Tom Christiansen]

>up with a better model than the C/Unix like way things are now. Having
>sockets in the core makes as much sense as having the ability to open and
>read disk files (early Pascal anyone?) in todays world of networked
>computers.

>From what Larry's said about making open work on URLs, he's 
in you camp. :-)

>Being able to use them as easy as files would be the real goal:

>open(F,"\\server.yourdomain.net:2001");
>while(<F>) 
>   {
>   }
>close(F);

>The double slash giving a clue that this is a socket.

I see only a backslash, not a pair of slashes. :-)

--tom