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This is the best explanation I've read about TCP vs UDP in more than two decades! I like that it describes them in terms of goals ("If you prioritise X over Y,
by kartickv 7y ago
This is the best explanation I've read about TCP vs UDP in more than two decades!
I like that it describes them in terms of goals ("If you prioritise X over Y, then use..."), not mechanics like stream-oriented.
I wish more technology choices were presented in terms of the fundamental tradeoffs in high-level goals rather than mechanics of the particular abstraction.