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- async I/O on files, pipes doesn't work on Windows, there we need the
Windows async event interface which doesn't look alike to select
- select is very inefficient on Windows and also limited
+- use POSIX getaddrinfo/getnameinfo as they provide a good top-level interface which
+ is quite portable (even on Windows)
+
+Good code examples:
+- UNPV12e of W. Richard Stevens (Unix Network Programming), the must-read
+- postgresql has a good getaddrinfo replacement for Windows and Cygwin
+- some very helpful tips: www_kame_net_newsletter_19980604.txt
+- use POSIX getaddrinfo/getnameinfo as they provide a good top-level interface which
+ is quite portable (even on Windows)
+
+Good code examples:
+- UNPV12e of W. Richard Stevens (Unix Network Programming), the must-read
+- postgresql has a good getaddrinfo replacement for Windows and Cygwin
+- some very helpful tips: www_kame_net_newsletter_19980604.txt