I think of the native "home" of sockets being in the C language and library. If you do a basic search you will find simple client and server examples on the Internet. I don't want to start a language war but C is available on nearly every platform and is kind of a halfway point between assembler and high level languages.
I don't think anyone other than the most hardcore write assembler "for Windows." All but the very, very lowest level development for Windows is done in C or one of the .NET languages (C#, VB, etc.) or one of the scripting languages. I have written 80x86 assembler but it was a long time ago. My background was 360 assembler and it was no trouble picking up Intel assembler -- but as I say, no real reason to bother at this point. Windows does not use the control block- and macro-based approach to API services that MVS has always used. Pretty much everything is a standard call. So you can do everything in C. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Tuesday, January 4, 2022 9:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Sockets? Maybe not the best place to ask, but I've heard folks here mention writing interfaces using sockets. Now, someone sent me a manual on the socket functions that could be used with REXX, and I successfully wrote a client/server pair for use on the mainframe, just as a proof of concept for a project that in the end was never executed. I enjoyed the experience, and captivated by the possibilities. But it was a set of calls for use only with REXX. I hear other folks here talk about sockets, and I'm wondering what else there is that I can use on other platforms. Someday I'll learn assembler for Windows, but until I do, are there other tools available? --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* Saddam Hussein, having campaigned under the catchy populist slogan ''A Vote For Saddam Is A Vote for Not Getting Both Your Feet Chopped Off Without Anesthetic,'' is re-elected with a solid 127 percent of the popular vote, which includes several thousand votes apparently cast via Internet from Broward and Miami-Dade counties. -from Dave Barry's 2002 "Year in Review" */ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
