ANNOUNCE: netclasses 0.96

[Andy Ruder]

Hi,

I'm pleased to announce the release of netclasses 0.96

CHANGES from 0.95
   DCC send/receive file support is included with the IRC client object
   Many bug fixes and small features added
   
Netclasses is an easy to use socket interface written in Objective-C with
GNUstep.  While netclasses is not specifically designed for any one protocol,
this distribution comes with everything needed for TCP/IP.  Adding new
protocols should not be difficult with the strictly protocol-based
object-oriented design.  Netclasses seamlessly integrates into NSRunLoop which
means it requires very little code outside of the actual connection object.  In
other words, if you interface at all with NSRunLoop, netclasses will require no
added code besides the setting up of ports.  Netclasses supports multiple ports
that can each spawn a different connection object.  The TCP/IP system has
support forinitiating a connection.  Also, everything is event-based so speed
is very good.

This is not a real library, it is merely a few source files you can add to your
project.  

I do have a fully featured GNUstep mud(its playable) in the works that uses
these classes, but for now the release contains:

IRCBot: the name speaks for itself
EchoServ: a simple tool using netclasses
Documentation: gsdoc'd documentation describing how to use netclasses
Source: the four source files you can add to your project

Special Thanks on this Release to:
  Juan Pablo Mendoza(jpablo) for lots and lots of help on the DCC protocol
  Luis Garcia for actually attempting to write an IRC client using all of this

All of this is available from:

http://andyruder.tripod.com/netclasses/

I'm out,

Andy Ruder
http://andyruder.tripod.com




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