Re: IPC Functions

[Jake]

What is the argument against including sockets in the core library?  I was 
wanting to make a server using octave recently and am very curious as to why 
someone would not want them included.

-Jake

On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:47:07 +0200
David Bateman <address@hidden> wrote:

> William Demchick wrote:
> > I am currently working steadily on implementing various functions for
> > interprocess communication (socket, bind, connect, ...), as suggested
> > in the current PROJECTS file.
> >
> > So far, I seem to be getting things to work well.  However, I would
> > still appreciate any information that might be helpful.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > William Demchick
> >
> >   
> Please check the octave-forge package
> 
> http://octave.sourceforge.net/sockets/index.html
> 
> The question is whether these functions should be made part of the core 
> of Octave as suggested by the presence of this idea in the PROJECTS file 
> or left as a separate package as currently.
> 
> D.


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Jake <address@hidden>