Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Local Computation Spaces
  • 1.2 Conventions
  • 1.3 The Examples
• 2 Data Structures
  • 2.1 Strings
  • 2.2 Virtual Strings
• 3 Files
  • 3.1 Basic Patterns of Use
    • 3.1.1 Reading a File
    • 3.1.2 Closing a File
    • 3.1.3 Writing a File
    • 3.1.4 Exceptions
  • 3.2 Example: Expanding TAB Characters
• 4 Input and Output of Text
  • 4.1 Expanding TAB Characters Revisited
• 5 Sockets
  • 5.1 Sockets in a Nutshell
    • 5.1.1 Domain
    • 5.1.2 Type
    • 5.1.3 Protocol
  • 5.2 Stream Sockets
    • 5.2.1 Initiating a Connection
    • 5.2.2 Convenient Connection Establishment
    • 5.2.3 Exchanging Data
    • 5.2.4 Concurrency Issues
    • 5.2.5 Disconnecting
    • 5.2.6 Exceptions
  • 5.3 Accepting Multiple Connections
  • 5.4 Datagram Sockets
    • 5.4.1 Initialization
    • 5.4.2 Exchanging Data
    • 5.4.3 Peer
  • 5.5 Example: Are We Working Right Now?
• 6 Running Processes
  • 6.1 Example: A Shell in Oz
• Bibliography
• Index