'''[http://www.maplefish.com/todd/tcl_net_idioms.html%|%Idioms: Building High Performance Network Servers using Tcl]''' by [Todd Coram], describes and illustrates the following [network programming] strategies: 

   * Use [Tcl event loop%|%Events] instead of [thread%|%Threads]/Processes
   * Don't Block for your Clients
   * Read messages chunk by available chunk
   * Buffer data to disk
   * Carry state using [fileevent]
   * Keep Tasks Short
   * Decode complex protocols using a [Finite State Machine%|%state machine]
   * Timeout stale connections


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