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Title: ws2_32.dll or wsock32.dll?
Post by: aker on June 08, 2010, 07:10:09 AM

I need inet_ntoa function, but which one is better, ws2_32.dll or wsock32.dll?

Title: Re: ws2_32.dll or wsock32.dll?
Post by: Ghandi on June 08, 2010, 10:27:08 AM

Doesn't wsock32.dll just forward most functions to ws2_32.dll on Winsock 2 machines? Keeping the wsock32.dll reference will mean compatibility with older (Winsock 1.x) OS too wont it?

HR,
Ghandi

Title: Re: ws2_32.dll or wsock32.dll?
Post by: Richard van Petrov on June 08, 2010, 09:57:04 PM

Use ws2_32.dll, wsock32 is old.

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