===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================

WIL4C Version 3.1

The Winsock Interface Library for C/C++ (WIL4C) is a function library
that simplifies Winsock programming and provides support for the most
common Internet protocols such as DNS (Domain Name System), Finger, SMTP
(Simple Mail Transport Protocol), POP3 (Post Office Protocol Version 3),
FTP (File Transfer Protocol), TELNET, NNTP (Network News Transport Protocol),
and HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).

Winsock network programming is not easy. Because of this, the primary
purpose in designing WIL was to simplify Winsock programming.

Winsock simplification is accomplished by:

(1) Handling details like converting from host byte order to network byte
order (and vice versa) as necessary automatically.

(2) Handling the creation and manipulation of winsock data structures
automatically.

(3) Proving a straight forward interface, using only necessary arguments.

(4) Providing more powerful functions, which may perform multiple Winsock
functions.

The WIL can be called from any program capable of calling Windows API
functions, such as Delphi and Visual Basic.

Changes from the previous version include:

(1) Added WIL_GET_VERSION and WIL_GET_BUILD to wilDebug().
(2) wilReadLine() rewritten to avoid using wilPeekSocket.
(3) Made WIL fully threadable:
(4) Multi-threaded server example (CFGR_S).

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