Are there C++ class libraries for Winsock?
There are. A good resource is Winsock Development Tools . Visual C++ has included libraries since version 2.1. Borland C++ has them in version 5.0. For OWL users, there is a class called OWLSock. Many books also develop socket libraries. What about all of these new Microsoft APIs Microsoft has many new layers above Winsock which are supposed to make programming easier and lock you into their libaries. Currently you can get something called The ActiveX SDK which includes all kinds of stuff. Basically, Microsoft’s plan is to add a bunch of new Win32 APIs and OLE/COM controls so that you can do FTP and WWW stuff without Winsock.
