Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> 
> "Change Set:            unixgethost-bf
> Date:                   11 February 2000
> Author:                 Bert Freudenberg
> 
> Provides class UnixHostent for direct hostname lookup via gethostbyname()
> or gethostbyaddr() using FFI. Allows getting multiple ip-addresses, for
> example."
> 
> Examples:
> 
>         hostent _ UnixHostent getHostByName: 'www.squeak.org'.
>         hostent _ UnixHostent getHostByAddr: (#(141 44 23 1) as: ByteArray).
>         hostent name            "official name of host"
>         hostent aliases         "alias list"
>         hostent addrType        "host address type (2 = IP, 10=IPv6)"
>         hostent addrLength      "length of address (4 = IP, 8=IPv6)"
>         hostent addrList        "list of addresses"
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
>   -Bert-
> 
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Thanks Bert!  I have found this VERY instructive regard handling of
structures and pointers from the squeak side!

Cheers,
John