UDP Servers
UDP servers are generally much simpler in design than their TCP brethren. A typical UDP server is a simple loop that receives a message from an incoming client, processes it, and transmits a response. A server may handle requests from different clients with each iteration of the loop.
Because there's no long-term relationship between client and server, there's no need to manage connections, maintain concurrency, or retain state for an extended time. By the same token, a UDP server must be careful to process each transaction quickly or it may delay the response to waiting requests.
We will look at UDP servers in more detail in Chapter 19. In this chapter, we show a very simple example of a UDP client/server pair.
A UDP Reverse-Echo ...
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