Messages in this thread | | | From | "Josh Cohen (Exchange)" <> | Subject | [off-topic] Microsoft IP Stack | Date | Tue, 22 Jun 1999 13:33:51 -0700 |
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Just in response to a thread gone by...
The Microsoft IP stack is a native implementation. It was written from scratch according to the relevant RFCs. It was re-written to take advantage of the Win32 API featureset to provide the most efficient implementation on our platform.
While it is API compatible with the BSD/Unix implementation (sockets), it does not contain the BSD source code base, nor is it derived from it. (Except, of course, for API compatibility). In addition to the standard synchronous sockets API, it also provides win32 asynchronous I/O.
As for the claim that we would never admit that Unix has provided an excellent heritage, that simply isn't true. In regard to this particular example, if memory serves, the original IP stacks weren't produced on Unix, but on DEC machines. (eg, PDP-11, VAX)
--joshco Protocols. Microsoft.
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