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Re:UDP Isn't Unreliable, It's a Conertible by cestith on Friday October 31, 2025 @11:33AM (#45773225)
TCP will be reliably too slow. There are situations in which it’s better to drop a packet than wait for a reordering buffer. That doesn’t mean UDP is reliable. It just means sometimes it’s the right solution anyway.
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Re:UDP Isn't Unreliable, It's a Conertible by threatofrain on Friday October 31, 2025 @12:44PM (#45774035)
Too slow underplays how bad it is. It'll be unbounded backup. That is death penalty. There's no point in talking about reliability at that point.
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