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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: UNIX IPC Datagram Reliability under 4.2BSD
Message-ID: <4930@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 19:23:01 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 31 19:23:01 1984
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I'm not sure if people understand what allegra!jdd (if I remember
correctly) was saying.

His point is that UNIX IPC datagrams, in AF_UNIX, on 4.2, *are*
reliable.  This is just a side-effect of the current implementation,
but they might have noted this in the manual, with something like:

"Oh by the way, it just so happens that right now, datagrams in
AF_UNIX are reliable.  This may change and we don't recommend that
anyone rely on this.  If you rely on this and it changes, that's
your tough luck."
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In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci
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