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It's not just packet drops and MTU, you also have congestion control, Nagel algorithm and a host of other things working against you in a TCP connection. You'r
by vvanders 10y ago
It's not just packet drops and MTU, you also have congestion control, Nagel algorithm and a host of other things working against you in a TCP connection.
You're trying to turn a stream protocol into a message based protocol and you're going to experience an impedance mismatch if you try to use the wrong protocol for your use case.
- stcredzero 10y agoYou're trying to turn a stream protocol into a message based protocol and you're going to experience an impedance mismatch Definitely. But the reality is that it won't bite you for the part of your audience that's on premium broadband and corporate networks. Conversely, it's going to really really suck for people in crowded apartments on WiFi and bad connections of all kinds. I know this because I'm operating an MMO server on Amazon AWS right now.