I think you can make your code better by making the following changes:

• Some of the comments are kind of useless. The code is more or less self explanatory. For example the comment in the following piece of code is useless:

` # remove the node which the message has been sent to

from the list of susceptible nodes and

add it to the list of infected nodes

self.susceptible_nodes.remove(selected_port) GossipNode.infected_nodes.append(selected_port)`

Here the comments are making the code less readable.

• The following comment is also useless since sendto function's definition clearly says when it is used.

`# since we are using connectionless protocol,

we will use 'sendto' to transmit the UDP message`

• also try writing shorter comments. You can usually skip the logic behind using the function in the comments, unless it is like a very important part of your code and is not clear from the function name.
• instead of using different codes at different machines, use a single code. Save the port information in a separate file and read the port from that file.

from Gossip import GossipNode FILE_NAME = "randomFile.txt" port = read_port(FILE_NAME) connected_nodes = [5010] .. I am also removing the comments from this code. It is clear from the code what you are tryign to do and the comments are not adding any useful information.

I think you can make your code better by making the following changes:

• Some of the comments are kind of useless. The code is more or less self explanatory. For example the comment in the following piece of code is useless:

  # remove the node which the message has been sent to
  # from the list of susceptible nodes and
  # add it to the list of infected nodes
  self.susceptible_nodes.remove(selected_port)
  GossipNode.infected_nodes.append(selected_port)
  

  Here the comments are making the code less readable.

• The following comment is also useless since sendto function's definition clearly says when it is used.

  # since we are using connectionless protocol,
  # we will use 'sendto' to transmit the UDP message
  

• Also try writing shorter comments. You can usually skip the logic behind using the function in the comments, unless it is like a very important part of your code and is not clear from the function name.

• Instead of using different code for different machines, use a single code. Save the port information in a separate file and read the port from that file.

  from Gossip import GossipNode
  FILE_NAME = "randomFile.txt"
  port = read_port(FILE_NAME)
  connected_nodes = [5010]
  …
  

I am also removing the comments from this code. It is clear from the code what you are trying to do and the comments are not adding any useful information.