On Jun 3, 2014, at 11:16 AM, chamburger1_at_aol.com wrote:

> hi can anyone tell me what the difference is between winsock and libcurl? C++ moderate beginner looking to start making programs using networks.

Winsock performs mid-level socket-based communication at the transport layer. libcurl is a high-level library that communicates with servers using an application layer protocol such as HTTP or IMAP.

> Another question, can I just download and link up the appropriate files from the libcurl zip to my projects or is it required to "cmake" or build the library first? Not sure I get how this works and if eanyone cold explain I;d be greatful forever.

You'd best build the library separately and either statically or dynamically link it with your project. It will save you time and sanity.

Nick Zitzmann
<http://www.chronosnet.com/>

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Received on 2014-06-04