Re: Call for volunteers for C/C++ API liaison manager

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And the language standards bodies don't define many of the
APIs AFAICT ... the defined to a major degree by the groups
implementing the network libraries. If OpenSSL and someone else
implement an SSL API, it would be really good for it to be the
same C/C++ etc. API.

On Wed, 30 Apr 2014, Melinda Shore wrote:

> On 4/30/14 3:48 PM, Joe Touch wrote:
> > (that doesn't preclude the benefit of a liason to a language-standards
> > group, but we shouldn't be seeing IETF proposals for such instances IMO).
>
> Probably not, but it seems pretty clear that deployment
> of some IETF protocols has suffered from either the lack
> of a comprehensive API, or crappy API.  I'm thinking of
> IPSec, newer DNS features, etc.  I think it's very much
> in the interest of the IETF to have someone around who
> can talk to some of the language standards bodies about
> how to expose protocol features, how to deal with options,
> etc.
>
> Melinda
>





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