On Sun, 5 Sep 2010, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote > > I agree. So far it has been an interesting topic for discussion, but in > > practice I doubt the actual benefits will justify the required efforts > > and/or constraints on the protocol. Otherwise we would have a working > > implementation in use already. People tried in the past, and so far > > none of those attempts passed the reality test nor kept people motivated > > enough to work on them further. > > then i'm all the more grateful that you continue to drop technical > hints in my direction. thank you for not judging. Well, either you'll come to the same conclusion as the other people before you (myself included), or you'll surprise us all with some clever solution. But that part is up to you. In either cases, I think it is a good thing if I can help you grasp the technical limitations and issues faster so you don't waste your time on false assumptions. Nicolas