[Twisted-Python] UDP File Copy

Anthony Baxter anthony at interlink.com.au
Tue Apr 5 03:35:17 EDT 2005


On Monday 04 April 2005 22:53, Jp Calderone wrote:
>   Use TCP instead.  UDP might be an optimization to make later (but
> probably not: I can push 11MB/sec over my LAN with TCP, UDP is not going to
> do much better).

In the context of the old 'fsp' transfer program, I think it was Robert Elz 
who made the comment: "Those who do not understand TCP are doomed
to repeat it".

There are times when a UDP-based protocol makes sense. File transfer
almost certainly isn't one of them.

-- 
Anthony Baxter     <anthony at interlink.com.au>
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.




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