Is out there any C library as simple and powerful as openAL or openCV but for Networking?

Question

So we have:

• AL for audio,
• GL for graphics,
• CV for vision,
• FFMPEG for encoding

But what library is as respectful, simple, intuitive as them for Network data streaming?

What I need is generally cross-platform (at least Win + Lin) C library with simple to use but quite deep API for TCP data transmitting, receiving.

Answer 1

The Berkeley sockets API already is somewhat cross-platform as Winsock is based on it - see the MS porting guide for details. Nevertheless, most frameworks feature their own socket abstraction layers, eg SDL, APR and Glib, because maintaining Windows and *nix code can get cumbersome despite this common ground.