From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1552 invoked by alias); 27 Nov 2007 02:27:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 1540 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Nov 2007 02:27:39 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtpgate2.pacific.net.sg (HELO smtpgate2.pacific.net.sg) (203.120.90.32) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with SMTP; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:27:28 +0000 Received: (qmail 20097 invoked from network); 27 Nov 2007 02:27:22 -0000 Received: from adsl2.dyn234.pacific.net.sg (HELO P2120.somewherefaraway.com) (oceanare@210.24.234.2) by smtpgate2.pacific.net.sg with ESMTPA; 27 Nov 2007 02:27:21 -0000 Message-ID: <474B8082.3000201@pacific.net.sg> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:20:00 -0000 From: Erich Dollansky User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070826) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: New to cygwin References: <801613440711260934j5821922r1cbb855bbbd5a3eb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <801613440711260934j5821922r1cbb855bbbd5a3eb@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2007-11/txt/msg00502.txt.bz2 Hi, Tomasz Jankowski wrote: > > I'm completely new to cygwin (and generally to programming for the MS > Windows too). I'm working on a library and I need to use some socket > API in it. I decided to prepare port for win32, but it's much harder, > that I thought. the basic socket API of Windows and cygwin is the same based on Berkeley. I would not recommend to use cygwin if you want to write a plain Windows program. I would recommend to use cygwin if you want to write a program for multiple platforms. > 4. How does the performance look? Will my library have really poorer > performance if I use cygwin instead of winsock API? This is a minor problem for thinks like this. What is your programming background? Erich -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/