Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!rutgers!uwm.edu!srcsip!knowledge!pclark From: pclark@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Peter Clark) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Beginner's info TCP & UDP Message-ID: <81247@srcsip.UUCP> Date: 16 Jul 90 03:29:36 GMT Sender: news@src.honeywell.COM Lines: 9 Quick question: Under what conditions would a programmer want to use a UDP connection over a TCP connection? What does UDP give you that TCP doesn't, that makes it worth losing (or implementing yourself) a reliable, guaranteed delivery layer? Pete Clark Honeywell SRC Minneapolis MN