On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 20:54:53 +0000 (GMT) "Lex Spoon" <lex at cc.gatech.edu> wrote: 
>The real killer still seems to be implementing the new server-socket semantics on Macs.  For reference, the new functions needed are the following:
>
>	newListenOn:port  --  new version of starting a server socket  (needs a better name....)
>	newConnection -- return a newly connected socket, and leave the original to listen for more new connections
>	waitForConnectionUntil: -- already present, but would need to be updated to deal with the new kind of socket.
>
>
>Can anyone *demonstrate* how to do this stuff on Macs?  People keep posting that "oh there's several Mac sockets libraries" or "I could do this on a Mac, easily".  Well, do it already :)  At  the least, if someone has he knowhow but not the resources, mail the list or SC more specifically about how it *could* be done.  Many people would be quite thankful :)
>
>Once Macs have the needed support, the rest of the pieces should follow like an avalanche.

Lex,

Having a little time on my hands, I thought this would be fun to look at, but I'm not quite sure of the context. Is this in reference to Craig Latta's correspondent stuff or something else? Is it something that already runs on a platform other than Mac?

Cheers,
Bob