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Thank you so much for this guide! When I was a kid, socket programming felt like a huge thing to me, like unlocking the next level of programming. "Imagine if
by dceddia 4y ago
Thank you so much for this guide!
When I was a kid, socket programming felt like a huge thing to me, like unlocking the next level of programming. "Imagine if I could get 2 separate computers to talk to each other!" But it felt impenetrable, and used lots of weird and confusing C tricks.
Your guide demystified the whole subject and put it in plain language that teenage me could understand, and with it, I was able to build my first network-based "hello world". It was a magical feeling to see those messages delivered across the network. Thanks Beej!
- matt321 4y ago>> socket programming felt like a huge thing to me, like unlocking the next level of programming. This was my story as well, I wonder how many people have been through this just like us!?
- paraiuspau 4y agoSame story here - 1998, teenager, unable to understand socket programming until I came across Beej’s guide at CSU Chico. Thank you Beej!
- rofo1 4y agoSame exact story - I was perhaps 9 or 10 and got to Beej's work on sockets. It was one of the more accessible things available to me (or known to me). I remember reading Stevens books next. So interesting that so many people have the same experience
- colinmhayes 4y agoSeriously though, posix sockets and the C interface for them were designed to be as confusing as possible to someone new, right?