> Wasn't IL somewhat abandoned because to make it as good as TCP you > basically had to implement TCP anyway?
due to a failure of vision, the internet only does well with certain types of ip packets. il is still an excellent protocol for local networks. > 9P doesn't require any flow control? That doesn't seem right :-) But then 9p, like aoe, is a ping-pong protocol. each message requires an ack. therefore, the transport layer doesn't need flow control. - erik
