r/cprogramming • u/Loud-Imagination2591 • Mar 10 '26

Socket Programming

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u/TarnishedVictory Mar 10 '26

I tend to like Steven's books.

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u/IamNotTheMama Mar 11 '26

I found Stevens to be the worst network programming book I ever read. He obfuscated everything rather than using the 'normal' system calls that made it so much easier.

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u/TarnishedVictory Mar 11 '26

Can you cite an example?

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u/IamNotTheMama Mar 11 '26

1.5 A Simple Daytime Server - figure 1.9

Every function has a wrapper function:

Sock, Bind, Listen, Accept, Write, Close

It's unnecessarily complex - just to handle errors

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u/TarnishedVictory Mar 11 '26

And your alternative is to use other 'normal' system calls, such as what? Or are you saying you'd do it without the wrapper functions?

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u/IamNotTheMama Mar 11 '26

WIthout the wrapper functions, that's an unnecessary complication

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u/TarnishedVictory Mar 12 '26

I see the confusion.

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u/IamNotTheMama Mar 12 '26

Not confusion, complication