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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:37:02 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Regarding 9p based "protocols" message framing
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> > What advantages does it have over TCP?
>
> Significantly simpler implementation.
> Lower overhead, giving better speed over local links.

it's also message based.  so things like rx depend on a protocol
like il that preserves 0-byte writes.

- erik