On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Timo Sirainen wrote: > Sure. And I don't think I've said anything that would indicate otherwise. > The keyword in my comment above was *LESS* resource intensive. Using > multiple connections may be light, but using STATUS may still be lighter.
NEVERTHELESS... The specification is explicit that there is no requirement that STATUS be fast. STATUS could be very resource intensive on a server, and there is *no* way for the client to know this. Therefore, a client MUST assume that STATUS will be resource intensive. -- Mark -- http://staff.washington.edu/mrc Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
