> the original comment took for granted that TCP does have a well defined notion of "you've reached the end of the message" No, the original comment was compla

> the original comment took for granted that TCP does have a well defined notion of "you've reached the end of the message" No, the original comment was complaining about a coworker who didn’t understand (and refused to listen when told otherwise) that there is no such notion in TCP. It was a response to another comment complaining about people on the internet (e.g. Stack Overflow) too often making the same mistake. You’re more or less playing the part of that coworker here. It’s unclear why.