UNIX IPC Datagram Reliability under 4.2BSD

eric%cit-vax at sri-unix.UUCP eric%cit-vax at sri-unix.UUCP
Fri Feb 3 06:50:50 AEST 1984


From:  Eric Holstege <eric at cit-vax>

It is pointless to require reliable datagrams; the whole point of datagrams
is that they need not be reliable. If you want a reliable channel, use a 
stream; you can simulate datagrams on a stream.
						Eric Holstege (eric at cit-vax)



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