Since the socket/networking code is in the OS libraries its in C. Other languages usually just wrap them. They're pretty similar across OSs (I used to do sock

Since the socket/networking code is in the OS libraries its in C. Other languages usually just wrap them. They're pretty similar across OSs (I used to do sockets in linux/hpux and solaris). There was a book I borrowed that was useful, UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1, Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI I found beej's guide useful as well. http://beej.us/guide/bgnet/html/multi/syscalls.html http://beej.us/guide/bgnet/html/multi/syscalls.html