Re: sending objects over sockets?

From: Joe (sfjoe_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 10/26/03

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    Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 16:21:36 -0700

    In article <2vnlpv8tvn92kgkpl9m59r1g3lqqa6o417@4ax.com>,
    roedy@seewebsite.com says...
    > The only
    > catch is just how long can the packet be? I don't know off the top of
    > my head how big a UDP packet can be, but I would think it would be in
    > the order of 128 bytes or so, unless there is some sort of packet
    > reassembly protocol for jumbo packets now functioning.

    UDP isn't guaranteed to arrive (or am I thinking of something else?). It
    might be tricky to reassemble an opbject with missing parts.
      

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