OK i will :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Toback [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 9:41 AM
> To:   RON HORNER; [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Sockets
>
> Ron Horner writes:
>
> >I'm trying to have my HP3000 talk to a Sun Unix box.  I heard that if
> >you don't use a "common" method of talking, data can be missed.  And
> >besides, I don't know C well enough.  I know how to use NetIPC and
> would
> >rather use it.
>
> NetIPC and Berkeley sockets are simply application programming
> interfaces
> (APIs) to the same underlying transport mechanism. They're absolutely
> indistinguishable as far as anything outside the HP 3000 is concerned.
> Go
> ahead and use NetIPC.
>
> -- Bruce
>
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