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Re:Never* Use Datagrams by taneq on Sunday June 23, 2024 @09:55AM (#40767493)
What would ‘reliable but unordered’ even mean? What’s the difference between a dropped message and one that’s just late?
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Re:Never* Use Datagrams by saurik on Sunday June 23, 2024 @10:05AM (#40767550)
The difference is whether you get to process the ones which came after first or you must wait for the retransmission of the earlier ones. FWIW, SCTP provides for this difference.
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