Is it just me or is there a certian incompatibility in the local socket model (which I am just learning on linux) between perl and c?

If I use a normative perl server (which sets up it's own socket to recieve requests) with a normative c client (which sets up it's own named, bound socket, then requests a connect to another), I get a working connection.

BUT if I use a normative c server (which acts like a perl server, I believe) with a normative perl client (which sets up an anonymous, unbound socket, then requests a connect to another), the server accepts the request but there is no working connection (or the request bounces).

I'm not quiet sure why this is other that the fact that you don't have to bind a local socket in perl in order to connect it. Does anyone familiar with the phenomenon have any suggestions about how to circumvent it?

In reply to Local socket model by Anonymous Monk

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