Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!pv.usc-cse@rand-relay From: pv.usc-cse%rand-relay@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: UNIX IPC Datagram Reliability under 4.2BSD Message-ID: <16365@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Feb-84 22:38:19 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16365 Posted: Thu Feb 2 22:38:19 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 09:32:33 EST Lines: 9 From: Peter VanderbiltIt is pointless to require reliable datagrams; the whole point of datagrams is that they need not be reliable. If you want a reliable channel, use a stream; you can simulate datagrams on a stream. It would be convenient to be able to reliably send one message without going through the trouble (and overhead) of setting up a stream.