Re: closesocket() vs close()

[gregames]

    Note that the semantics of the UNIX close as applied to
    sockets differ from Win32's closesocket.  If you want to
    emulate the UNIX close on Win32, there is more to it than
    just calling closesocket.  Otherwise, visible data loss will
    occur.
    Relevant MSDN quote[1]

        "To assure that all data is sent and received on a
        connection, an application should call shutdown before
        calling closesocket (see Graceful shutdown, linger
        options, and socket closure[2] for more information).
why is that different from Unix?  I thought this was a TCP protocol thing, i.e., 
you should do shutdown() before closing a socket on any platform to insure no 
data loss.

Greg