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"Windows Sockets Network Programming", Bob Quinn/Dave Shute, 1996, 0-201-63372-
8, U$47.29
%A   Bob Quinn rcq@ftp.com bugs@sockets.com
%A   Dave Shute dks@world.std.com bugs@sockets.com
%C   1 Jacob Way, Reading, MA   01867-9984
%D   1996
%G   0-201-63372-8
%I   Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.
%O   U$47.29 416-447-5101 fax: 416-443-0948 800-822-6339 bkexpress@aw.com
%P   576
%T   "Windows Sockets Network Programming"
 
A number of people who use WinSock may be completely unaware of the fact.  For
those who do know about WinSock, many would simply see it through the interface
of Trumpet's TCPMAN dialer, or another of it's ilk.  Few understand the reality
of the Windows Sockets API, and even those who do may not comprehend the full
range and importance of the standard.  It is telling that the book does not
start with a set of common calls and sample code, but four full chapters
detailing the history and background, network layer concepts, TCP/IP
background, and mechanics of WinSock.
 
Quinn and Shute have produced a very useful guide and reference for
programmers.  It examines the interface from both sides, so that not merely
applications developers but network driver writers can benefit.  As the authors
state, this is not the Windows Sockets API specification, but a series of
pointers to, and explanations of, the specification.
 
(Those who are used to sets of common calls and sample code need not worry:
there is plenty of that as well.)
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996   BKWNSKNP.RVW   960327
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     "For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat,
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