Re: Revised gawk roadmap now available

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 08/04/2010 05:50 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Aharon Robbins<address@hidden>
> > Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:30:32 -0400
> > Cc: address@hidden
> >
> > > Why are you asking for a volunteer to maintain the native Windows port
> > > in conjunction with the Visual Studio?
> >
> > Because I suspect that many Windows developers already have it and are
> > used to it, and because I have this (apparently vain) hope that someone
> > will get sockets and two-way I/O working for native windows that way.
>
> Sockets work in MinGW programs as well.  It's just a matter of a
> motivated individual who'd do the footwork.

Gnulib already has everything you need for AF_INET and AF_INET6 sockets. 
 Two way I/O under Windows is a mess because pipes are not select-able, 
but you can use a TCP socket under the hood.

Paolo