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sender.py and receiver.py Client-Server Parallel

Question Text​

Drawing a parallel from the UDP examples in support/send-receive/, which of the sender and receiver is similar to the server and which is similar to the client?

Question Answers​

  • both are similar to clients

  • both are similar to servers

  • receiver.py is similar to a server and sender.py is similar to a client
  • receiver.py is similar to a client and sender.py is similar to a server

Feedback​

receiver.py is the passive component. It has to be started first and then waits for sender.py (the client) to send data. Furthermore, you can only have one receiver.py running at the same time (remember the multiple bind() bug) and multiple sender.pys.