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From: Mitch.Bradley@ENG.SUN.COM (Mitch Bradley)
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Subject: Re: Networking in Forth
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Date: 29 Apr 91 08:21:42 GMT
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> Should the FORTH ANS include an optional word set providing basic network
> functions, such as name resolution, connection establishment, stream I/O,
> datagram I/O, etc?

Regardless of the desireability of such functions, I believe that the
vast majority of the Forth community has very little, if any, experience
with such networking issues.

Consequently, I think it unlikely in the extreme that an attempt to
standardize Forth access to network functions would be worthwhile at
this stage of the ANS Forth effort.

Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM