[ColorForth] reinventing the internet?

[Roger Ivie <IVIE@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff Fox said:
> So why is it a better idea to place the packet sorting,
> timeout, and do requests for retransmission at the lower
> level instead of at the level of applications that
> might need it?   Just that abstration at a lower level
> will have benefits?

That, plus you don't have to worry about each individual application
having its own network stack bugs. Fix the bug in the OS and all the
apps are fixed. Although I suppose that's one of the benefits of
abstraction at a lower level.
-- 
Roger Ivie
ivie@xxxxxxxxxx
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