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Subject: "Reliable Datagram" is an Oxymoron
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Date: 26 Oct 88 20:31:12 GMT
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Josh:

The word combination "Reliable Datagram" is an Oxymoron.  By definition a
datagram can not be reliable.  See RFC-791 Section 1.

--jon.