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From: "Travis Nixon" <tnixon@avalanchesoftware.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:54:36 -0700
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
From: <Daniel.Harman@barclayscapital.com>
> There's a lot to be said for DAoC's approach of using TCP for the
> reliable stuff (why re-invent the wheel?) and UDP for the less
> important info.
Why re-invent the wheel?
Because TCP provides one thing that in a lot of cases you don't
actually need, and that can hold up the entire data stream.
It guarantees in-order delivery. If you want guaranteed delivery,
but don't care if it comes in the same order that it got sent, then
TCP isn't such a great choice after all.
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