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What is PL? How it is different than platform's C runtime, Secure C functions, etc... | What is PL? How it is different than platform's C runtime, Secure C functions, etc... | ||
==== NSPR ==== | ==== NSPR ==== | ||
NSPR is a cross-platform | NSPR is a cross-platform library to provide Mozilla application with OS-agnostic facilities such as threading, I/O operations, networking, logging and more. It is crucial for a Mozilla C/C++ hacker to be familiar with this framework in order to work with Thunderbird backend. | ||
Although NSPR documentation is not up-to-date, still it is a very good starting point before you go and check the source code. You can find NSPR documentation at the following links. | Although NSPR documentation is not up-to-date, still it is a very good starting point before you go and check the source code. You can find NSPR documentation at the following links. | ||