[zeromq-dev] Does ZMQ handle tcp-RST?

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:22:34 -0800
Michel Pelletier <pelletier.michel at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you and your architects believe there is a better solution to the
> problem and that 0mq is doing it wrong, then by all means, don't use it.
> Create your own solution and do it right.  I encourage you to open source
> your solution and build a community around it.  You could fork 0mq and go
> from there.
> 
> However, simplifying the statement of the problem until it "goes away" is
> not the same thing as solving it.  As many people on this thread have told
> you, the only way to know that your message got to your destination is to
> receive an acknowledgement.  We did not make this up in order to make 0mq.
> It is the nature of reality.

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Generals'_Problem