Bob Arning wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 19 Mar 2000 18:55:39 -0500 dpennell at quallaby.com wrote:

> >Can anybody think of a reason we can't just add this to SystemDictionary's
> >StartUpList?
> 
> David,
> 
> The main reason is that Socket class>>initializeNetwork may (must?) imply some actual network activity. This could be disturbing for folks with dial-up connections. [snip]

There is also the soon-to-be practical point that it would load the
sockets VM plugin even if you don't really need it. And hopefully in the
not too distant future it would require loading the network
image-segment in order to call the plugin....

tim