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developerWorks: Five Pitfalls of Linux Sockets Programming

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 22, 2005

“First introduced into the 4.2 BSD UNIX operating system, the
Sockets API is now a standard feature of any operating system. In
fact, it’s hard to find a modern language that doesn’t support the
Sockets API. The API is a relatively simple one, but new developers
can still run into a few common pitfalls.

“This article identifies those pitfalls and shows you how to
avoid them…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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