<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;think-async.com&#x2F;Asio&#x2F;AsioStandalone" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;think-async.com&#x2F;Asio&#x2F;AsioStandalone</a><p>!!  I&#x27;ve always heard that Asio is great, but never bothered to look because I don&#x27;t like introducing Boost&#x27;s 450 megs of compiler-test-suite-worthy C++ to my &gt;45kb programs.  But, as a stand-alone library.  That&#x27;s interesting!