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by pid-1 1335 days ago
Tangencial, but that's also the reason QUIC (used by HTTP/3) was built upon UDP.
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usrnm 1335 days ago
Wasn't it used to avoid head of line blocking?
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tracnar 1335 days ago
Built over UDP rather than directly over IP. Introducing a new layer 4 protocol on the internet is not realistic for the foreseeable future.
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