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+#! /usr/bin/env ueforth
+
+also sockets
+
+." GETTING HOST" cr
+
+z" google.com" gethostbyname constant google.com
+
+." SETTING UP ADDRESS" cr
+
+sockaddr googleaddr
+
+80 googleaddr ->port!
+google.com ->h_addr googleaddr ->addr!
+google.com ->h_addr ip. cr
+
+." CREATING SOCKET" cr
+
+AF_INET SOCK_STREAM 0 socket value sock
+
+." CONNECTING..." cr
+
+sock googleaddr sizeof(sockaddr_in) connect throw
+
+." CONNECTED" cr
+
+s" GET / HTTP/1.0" sock write-file throw
+
+: semit ( ch s -- ) swap >r rp@ swap 1 swap write-file throw rdrop ;
+: scr   13 sock semit 10 sock semit ;
+scr
+scr
+
+." REQUESTED" cr
+
+here 100000 sock read-file throw constant len
+here len type
+bye