Network Programming???

[jpark]

I'm not sure where to start... I want to program applications to use on my LAN. My experience is in C++, what would be the best resources to get started?

[aph3x]

i am no programming guru, but i would go with C for network programming

look into Unix Network Programming by W. Richard Stevens and possibly learn libpcap and/or libnet :)

[jpark]

thanks

[Fimbulvetr]

Cpp will work great, but considering perl is mostly made in Cpp or all in Cpp(please correct me if I'm wrong), it may have somethings optimised for NFS. C++ can do everything perl can do, but perl may have some better/faster/easier to implement functions.

[jemfinch]

Originally posted by Fimbulvetr:
Cpp will work great, but considering perl is mostly made in Cpp or all in Cpp(please correct me if I'm wrong), it may have somethings optimised for NFS. C++ can do everything perl can do, but perl may have some better/faster/easier to implement functions.

Perl is written entirely in C. There's no C++ in it.

I can't think of any way in which a programming language would be
optimized for NFS.

And perl does use some wrappers to make select loops and sockets easier to use,
but that's true of any high level language (which C++ is decidedly not.)

Jeremy