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From: AUERBACH@SRI-CSL.ARPA (Karl Auerbach)
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Subject: Re: tcp on SUN computers.
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Date: Fri, 6-Jun-86 10:53:39 EDT
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This may be incorrect, but I have heard that 4.2/4.3 based TCP
implementations set the push flag for every user write.  This
somewhat transforms the TCP stream into packets as viewed by the
receiver.

I'm sure someone out there knows whether this is true or not.

			--karl--  (Karl Auerbach, Epilogue Technology Corp.)
			auerbach@sri-csl.arpa
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