[LA.pm] Socket question

[Kevin Scaldeferri]

On Jan 21, 2006, at 5:29 AM, elite elite wrote:

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> What the differnt with use socket and IO::Socket?
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Well, they have completely different interfaces, which you can compare 
using

perldoc socket

perldoc IO::Socket


socket is pretty much identical to the Unix C socket API, so if you're 
familiar with that, you might prefer it.  OTOH, IO::Socket behaves in a 
more "perl-ish" manner, and lets you use sockets much like normal 
filehandles, so if your background is mostly Perl, you might be more 
comfortable with that.

-kevin