Re: [colorforth] TCP State Engine

[Albert van der Horst <albert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Samuel A. Falvo II wrote:

> On Wednesday 14 April 2004 09:57 am, howerd.oakford@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> While I agree that a TCP implementation can be reduced compared to its
> more generalized implementation in Linux, for example, you *cannot* get
> rid of sliding windows (even if it is just a window of one packet),
> retries, and packet re-ordering.  These things are there because of the
> very nature of IP itself.  To simplify TCP any further, you need either
> a reliable datagram service, such as AX.25 (or, for that matter, any
> other variant of X.25), or you need to very tightly control the
> electrical parameters under which your network is operating to ensure
> pristine data delivery.  I won't get into the schizophrenia behind the
> horror that is X.25, or the veritable Cthulu that is AX.25.  And I
> certainly won't get into the routing messes that happen all-too-often
> once the average IP packet leaves your local network and enters the
> global switching fabric.

All this sounds horrible. What could we simplify if we use only the
network hardware to communicate between two Forth boxes?

> Samuel A. Falvo II
Groetjes Albert

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