Re:Network.framework: A modern alternative to sockets
by ovao on Friday June 08, 2018 @03:34PM
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While there’s truth to this, there’s no real discussion here about deprecating or removing BSD sockets. UNIX, POSIX and OpenGL are very, very different things to discuss, and Apple deprecating one doesn’t speak to any real expectation of deprecating anything else.
At some point it may happen, but there’s simply no writing on the wall for it right now.
Do you want Safari to be the only web browser on macOS, Quicktime to be the only video player, etc? Not saying that it will happen, but with the disappearance of OpenGL and if sockets eventually disappear, too, it will become more difficult for independent web browsers (e.g. Firefox, Servo), independent video players (e.g. VLC, MPlayer), etc. to create or maintain a macOS version.