Re:Never* Use Datagrams
by coldtea on Sunday June 23, 2024 @08:48AM
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This sounds like the problem is the term "best-effort" (hand wavy, what's the measure of effort? What's "the best" effort?).
In the end, best-effort is just saying "unreliable" in a fussier way.
>But it does not make UDP inherently unreliable.
Isn't that exactly what it does make it?
If that's not it, then what woud an actual "inherently unreliable" design for such a protocol be? Calling an RNG to randomly decide whether to send the next packet?
In the end, best-effort is just saying "unreliable" in a fussier way.
>But it does not make UDP inherently unreliable.
Isn't that exactly what it does make it?
If that's not it, then what woud an actual "inherently unreliable" design for such a protocol be? Calling an RNG to randomly decide whether to send the next packet?