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From: Joshua Goodall <joshua@roughtrade.net>
To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 05:48:19PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Joshua Goodall wrote:
> > On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 03:28:34PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > > No.  TCP.  RPC over UDP is really a silly idea.  If you need
> > > reliable delivery, then don't use a protocol with "unreliable"
> > > as the first word of it's name.  8-).
> > 
> > UDP may well be perfectly viable as a RPC transport, but Terry's
> > misinforming statement is not a good justification.
> > 
> > UDP is the User Datagram Protocol.
> 
> Was that a "miss" or an "ignore" on the "8-)"?

Definitely an ignore. An incorrect statement remains incorrect no
matter how many irrelevant smilies are appended in a feeble attempt
at irony.  Particularly when it reverses the sense of the preceeding
statement.

Joshua

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