[zeromq-dev] UDP vs. EPGM

[Pieter Hintjens]

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Martin Sustrik <sustrik at 250bpm.com> wrote:

> It should be explained in more detail: The reason is that "udp" seems to
> immediately imply "unicast unreliable transfer" which current "udp" is
> definitely not. Quite the opposite: It's multicast and it's reliable.
>
> The proposition is to rename "udp" to "epgm" which stands for
> "encapuslated PGM".

"udp" is certainly misleading but "epgm" adds a concept,
"encapsulation" which needs learning / explaining.

Why not just "pgm"?

-Pieter