>>>>> "Roger" == Roger Marquis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Roger> Actually, it seems kind of silly to use TCP for what is essentially a
Roger> connectionless protocol. We do need reliability, of course, but that
Roger> can be taken care of with application-generated ACKs, without a lot of
Roger> coding. We don't need the sequence numbers, sliding windows, or other
Roger> traffic shaping features of TCP. We also don't need to initiate
Roger> connections from the destination to the source.
That last point is _highly_ debateable. I have a strong desire for a pull
mechanism, as well as a push mechanism.
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