"The solution suggested by Stevens... The problem with this is..." I see no problem with it. But perhaps I am missing something. "... an application is expec

"The solution suggested by Stevens... The problem with this is..." I see no problem with it. But perhaps I am missing something. "... an application is expected to tune the backlog..." Two simple applications I use everday called tcpserver/sslserver and tcpclient meet this expectation. See "-b" and "-c" switches. Has the author looked at Stevens' own example? http://www.icir.org/christian/sock.html http://www.icir.org/christian/sock.html