> > Sorry for the overloading of "node" there... but it turns out to be > appropriate. A search through freenet would be a search through one huge > B+tree. (Well not really a tree, since there's the possibility of loops... > but if you avoid those by using unique request numbers, it acts like a tree.) > Sorry if this is obvious and I've only just become enlightened. :) The metaphor is a close one, but not quite exact. Freenet searches are depth first hill-climbing searches, a B+ tree *could* be adapted in this manner, but you'd have to have upward references so you could backtrack.
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