Subj : Re: network programming in c
To   : comp.programming
From : makc.the.great
Date : Mon Oct 10 2005 12:19 am

dajava wrote:
> I thought that kind of server used telnet. But a professional programer
> told me his own server useed tcp/ip. Therefore, a chess playing can use
> telent or tcp/ip. It relly up to its developers. Is that true? What is
> the advantages and disavantages between telnet and tcp/ip for a chess
> server.

these are not simply different protocols.
these are different types of protocols.
you can't compare them.
it's like saying what would be best for my mobile app, to use sms or
gsm.

telnet protocol and others found in "services" file are more like a
"language" that you speak in over tcp/ip. perhaps, your programmer was
saying he uses his own "language".

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