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Re:The Need for Web UDP by mnarayan01 on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @06:24PM (#14860933)
> UDP is not streamed but message based protocol. As WebSockets implement their transport layer over pure TCP, WebUDP could implement it's own layer over pure UDP for various reasons.

As soon as your message exceeds the MTU, things get complicated. Sure you can layer something to re-assemble, but if packets are dropping, this is going to start getting problematic really fast. And if packets are not dropping, then TCP shouldn't overly increase latency anyway.

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Re:The Need for Web UDP by wbl on Thursday July 27, 2017 @10:02AM (#14865320)
Packets are always dropping over wireless. In games and VOIP you skip and wait for the next one.
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Re:The Need for Web UDP by mrmoka on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @06:30PM (#14860979)
This is something that worth exploring further to identify if it is a requirement for a WebUDP implementation.
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