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I don't think anyone expects it to be reliable, they just don't plan for packet loss properly.
by kbolino 2y ago
I don't think anyone expects it to be reliable, they just don't plan for packet loss properly.
- lazide 2y agoPlan? Or implement?
- kbolino 2y agoBoth? I've seen UDP and TCP treated as interchangeable. They're not, even though in many cases the APIs involved make it seem that way. Choosing datagrams and unreliable transport vs. streams and reliable transport affects the rest of the protocol design and behavior, whether the designer wants it to or not and whether the implementer considered the consequences or not.