On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 08:14:04PM -0500, Scott Young wrote: <> > > I would explain this more carefully if I didn't think this was such an > > awefully bad idea that I'll by happier the longer it stays > > unimplemented... > > Can you elaborate on why you think this is a bad idea?
Failed requests are slow for the user, and costly for the system (5-10 times that of a successful one). We have enough failed requests going around as it is, we do not need people using any more hit and miss type strategies - even if the number of misses is only close to logarithmic. > Also, any > explinations on how it works would be better placed in the source code than > on the mailing list. But life is not perfect and it is more likely to end up here. There are 33 people with CVS access, and any one of whoom could place it in the code if they wanted. <> -- Oskar Sandberg oskar at freenetproject.org _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl
