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+- use POSIX getaddrinfo/getnameinfo as they provide a good top-level interface which
+ is quite portable (even on Windows)
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+Good code examples:
+- UNPV12e of W. Richard Stevens (Unix Network Programming), the must-read
+- postgresql has a good getaddrinfo replacement for Windows and Cygwin