On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:34 AM, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net>wrote:
> > 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. > > Right, but when you have one T message for many R messages, doesn't that change things a bit? > - erik > >
