Multiplexing possiable?

[Shyfire]

I was wondering if it is possible to multiplex(ie virtual ports) in turing because im building a chat program and i don't want to take up all the ports on my comp cuz i want to have multiple servers running

[Cervantes]

How many servers are you planning on running? Thousands? If not, I wouldn't be concerned. If we're talking TCP/UDP ports, there are 65536 ports. Sure, some of them are used for things already, but the vast majority are not.

That said, if you wanted to try to compress everything into one port, you might be able to. You just have to get a good algorithm to do it. If you can get an algorithm, chances are you could implement it in Turing.

Or maybe I'm not understanding what multiplexing means. Care to explain?

[ZeroPaladn]

i remember shyfire talking to me about it, and he is asking about splitting up the ports into 2 different ones, with one set up for input from the server, while the other is sending. Just to clarify things.