[ColorForth] reinventing the internet?

[Dirk Harms-Merbitz <dirk@xxxxxxxxx>]

T/TCP is an attempt at improving TCP.

It changes the way that TCP establishes a connection.

There are a number of books on this subject.

On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 12:52:44PM -0800, Jeff Fox wrote:
> Kristopher Johnson wrote:
> > 
> > TCP is generally used for data streams where it is 
> > important that every byte get through in the proper 
> > order, or that the sender knows that the data didn't
> > get through.
> 
> That is what I thought, but I have others say that
> apps should do that not a lower layer.  I don't
> really understand enough about it to really
> understand why the way it is considered needed
> so much.  Maybe someone will say something to
> light my bulb.
> 
> > Can you give some examples of cases where TCP is 
> > being used without good reason? 
> 
> The subject came up in the context that if you
> have a new form of client and host and server
> and could reinvent the internet and optimize
> protocols it is obvious that there would be
> things that could be improved.  People say
> that TCP/IP is one of them.  I am just
> trying to get some handle on where improvements
> might be introduced if it wasn't just locked
> in.
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