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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex index 4abe805..bcbb76f 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex @@ -6,16 +6,19 @@ This module provides access to the BSD \emph{socket} interface. -It is available on \UNIX{} systems that support this interface. +It is available on all modern \UNIX{} systems, Windows, MacOS, BeOS, +OS/2, and probably additional platforms. For an introduction to socket programming (in C), see the following papers: \citetitle{An Introductory 4.3BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial}, by Stuart Sechrest and \citetitle{An Advanced 4.3BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial}, by Samuel J. Leffler et al, both in the \citetitle{\UNIX{} Programmer's Manual, Supplementary Documents 1} -(sections PS1:7 and PS1:8). The \UNIX{} manual pages for the various -socket-related system calls are also a valuable source of information -on the details of socket semantics. +(sections PS1:7 and PS1:8). The platform-specific reference material +for the various socket-related system calls are also a valuable source +of information on the details of socket semantics. For \UNIX, refer +to the manual pages; for Windows, see the WinSock (or Winsock 2) +specification. The Python interface is a straightforward transliteration of the \UNIX{} system call and library interface for sockets to Python's |