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Actually, your quoted text applies to when SO_LINGER option is used and the semantics are exactly the same for both platforms for this option. Matching the sem
by muststopmyths 5y ago
Actually, your quoted text applies to when SO_LINGER option is used and the semantics are exactly the same for both platforms for this option.
Matching the semantics of Unix for most things was a goal of Winsock. In those days the NT TCP stack was new (compared to Berkeley TCP) and so there was a lot of effort spent to get it to match behavior so that applications did not get unexpected glitches.