So... tying all the threads together... The John Nagle linked in hotbits: > The trick I use was dreamed up in a conversation in 1985 with John Nagle, who is d

So... tying all the threads together... The John Nagle linked in hotbits: > The trick I use was dreamed up in a conversation in 1985 with John Nagle, who is doing some fascinating things these days with artificial animals. Artificial animals in that part links to http://www.animats.com http://www.animats.com The link at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9048947 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9048947 for the user Animats (who has an about and signs posts as John Nagle and links to the above site also) > Animats on Feb 14, 2015 | root | parent | next [–] > Yes, it's me. I did my networking work at Ford Aerospace in the early 1980s. But I left in 1986. It still bothers me that the Nagle algorithm (which I called tinygram prevention) and delayed ACKs interact so badly. ...