Subj : Re: network programming in c
To   : comp.programming
From : Gerry Quinn
Date : Wed Oct 12 2005 11:25 am

In article <1128912114.769467.127110@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, 
dajava@operamail.com says...

> Say, there is a chess playing server. Choose any one. Which protocol
> does it use?
> 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.

Games like chess use TCP/IP (guaranteed reception of moves).  Action 
games use UDP (faster transmission of moves). 

- Gerry Quinn

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