On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 12:55 -0400, Rob Stewart wrote:
From: "Iain K. Hanson" <ikh@hansons.demon.co.uk>
Boris, my comments were not aimed at you personally but at everyone on this and related threads.
In networking, there is no encapsulation and layering is only an abstract concept.
People who don't understand this intrinsically realy don't understand what a network library needs to be about.
Instead of attacking, why don't you help? If you think someone needs more information in order to correctly assist in developing the library, give some information or pointers to information that will help them.
Your recent posts turn me off to participating in the thread, regardless of whether I can offer anything you and others might find useful.
The point I was trying to make is that while you can have encapsulation and information hiding in C++. These do not really exist in network programming. You have to be aware of *all* of the protocols that sit beneath you or they will come up and bite you. Unfortunately, my tolerance for teaching networking 101 is limited. /ikh _______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. _______________________________________________________________________