Re: Sort-of Announce: Gnet, a network library

[Nils Philippsen <nils wombat dialup fht-esslingen de>]

On 6 Jan 2000, Vandoorselaere Yoann wrote:

> What is the problem,
> do you need to release this library fast because you want
> many program to use it ?
> 
> or do you want a *good* library which does the right thing
> because you involved time in it...

Something that "is there" is better than something well designed, but
vapor.

> If you don't know how to write an async  gethostbyname(),
> either learn / either ask.
> 
> What about critical speed application using your library ?

If you're so keen about having an async gethostbyname() in the lib, you or
someone else who needs 50 gazillion nslookups per second is free to
implement it that way. When you're finished, I'm sure David will include
in the lib.

Hey, that's what free/open source software is all about -- if you want
something that's not there yet or something different, code it.

Most times it's better to get things going than to spend much time for a
quasi-'optimal in all future' solution. To quote Knuth: "Premature
optimization is the root of all evil." Or was e.g. Linux fully SMP clean 5
years ago? -- I think not.

Nils
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