Date:	Tue, 30 May 2000 11:03:05 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On 30 May 2000, Chris Lee wrote:

> >The addition of a networking library to DJGPP would probably add a lot of
> >code to libc. If most people don't use networking, is it worth it?
> 
> Ask the people who compile software like trn,pine,lynx,kermit ect,ect,ect 
> under linux using GCC.

Asking those people is bound to bring a very biased answer.  Rich was 
talking about DJGPP users, not about Linux users.

> And just how would including/intergrating a networking library like 
> yours or Watt32 into DJGPP add any code whatsoever to libc? 

Obviously, the size of libc.a gets larger.  So it takes longer to
download djdevNNN.zip.

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