>Do you agree that a "cycle" should be connect, send, receive and then disconnect?
Probably. Really, I have no idea - sorry, but I didn't do any programming at this level before. I just happen to have some theoretical knowledge of the network protocols...
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)