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Buck: On Thu, 11 October 2001, Buck Calabro wrote: > > >The TCP/IP Sockets APIs are something of a subset of their > >Sockets Server products which are *NOT* free. Still, it > >doesn't take much ROI calculation to see that there's real > >value there. Those base client APIs are a great introduction. > > An alternative to the IBM site is our own Scott Klement's sockets tutorial: > http://klement.dstorm.net/rpg/socktut/ I agree totally. But here's an example issue I ran into a while back... I needed to write a sockets server and the corresponding client. The problem: How to test? While developing one, you need the other working properly before you can test with confidence. With the iCTC APIs, I could throw together basic client code in less than an hour in CL. I have command shells for each of the APIs and that made it almost trivial; no need even to code specific CALL/parm structures. For what I was doing, I couldn't use them for final production code; but it drastically reduced my development cycle. Scott's site is great as a tutorial. The iCTC APIs are a great tool set. No conflict and complementary value. Tom Liotta -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.400Security.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/
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