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Re:Siberite: A Simple LevelDB-Backed Message Queue in Go by biokoda on Sunday October 18, 2015 @12:18PM (#10408645)
> TCP would guarantee delivery

Calling send just copies the buffer to the kernel/driver. When the call returns you do not know how much of it is actually sent. You might have the situation of the producer thinking it was sent, when it in fact never actually made it onto the network.

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