toad wrote: >> I've >> experimented with LIFO instead of FIFO in some simulations of a flooding >> protocol and it seems to work well there too. > > Surely it is an artefact?
It seems to be reproducible in a simple round-based simulator (attached). FIFO is better at low loads with short queues, but otherwise LIFO is better. Short queues seem to work better overall. We should tell the Gnutella people. ;-) Cheers, Michael -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: lifo.tar.gz Type: application/gzip Size: 1801 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/tech/attachments/20061213/c463c171/attachment.bin>