2009/2/1 Andrew Coppin <andrewcop...@btinternet.com>: > > Yeah, I just assumed that the bind step was only necessary for > connection-oriented protocols. (Interestingly enough, the matching "send" > program doesn't bind at all, yet seems to work fine...) >
socket() system call creates a socket (a descriptor) that you can identify. bind() creates an identity for the socket so that applications outside can refer to it (using ip:port); it also enables the kernel to pass the received data to your application. sendto() doesn't require that identity. -- Vimal _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
