[Info-vax] message communication (VMS <> PC)

[Richard Maher]

Hi Rich,

"Rich Jordan" <jordan at ccs4vms.com> wrote in message
news:3df05077-aa68-4f98-af79-2298899cbb90 at 21g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 21, 11:12 am, Rob Brown <mylastn... at gmcl.com> wrote:

> I'll second NETLIB; it really makes the code a lot simpler if you
> don't need to play in the intricacies of the socket level

What Absolute & Complete Bollocks!

TCPWare, Multinet, & UCX, all accept the *same* $QIO calls. Process Software
have been at pains to maintain/introduce conformity across the IP Stacks,
and the _BG: driver interface specifically.

If you can't handle $QIO then stop programming and take up real estate.
(Sage advice for us all)

NETLIB is a superfluous layer of abstraction that I'm sure even Hunter would
acknowledge belongs to yesteryear along with most here :-(

Cheers Richard Maher