> On Jun 4, 2011, at 11:32 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: > >> b) telling people to use Twisted or asyncore on the server side >> if they are new to sockets is bad advice. People *first* have >> to understand sockets, and *then* can use these libraries >> and frameworks. Those libraries aren't made to be black boxes >> that work even if you don't know how - you *have* to know how >> they work inside, or else you can't productively use them.
It would be fine to have a separate networking howto guide that covers libraries, frameworks, and high level APIs, but I agree with Martin that the Socket HOWTO needs to cover sockets. That's what a person expects to learn when they click on the Socket HOWTO link. Raymond
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