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otabdeveloper4today at 5:12 AM0 repliesview on HN

> Userspace protocol stacks win.

No they don't. They are horribly wasteful and inefficient compared to kernel TCP. Also they are useless because they sit on top of a kernel network interface anyways.

Unless you're doing specific tricks to minimize latency (HFT, I guess?) then there is no point.