David Burney wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, May 31, 2000 5:17 AM, Andrew Cartledge  wrote:
>
> : What I want to understand is how box/application A can post data/requests
> : to box/application B via sockets.
>
> The following is not the only way to do things, just to give you an idea.

...good explanation of the useful but complicated NETIPC method snipped...

If box/application B is a web server, you really should consider using Perl.
The following when executed on box/application A will retrieve a web page from
box B and store it in the variable $doc:

#!/PERL/PUB/perl
use LWP::Simple;
$doc = get('http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html');

Heck, even if box B is not a web server, Perl can make sockets programming
really easy.

- Mark B.

PS: A new release of Perl/iX is coming in a few days.