Freenet.Sourceforge.Net: Freenet News #8 | Linux Today

Freenet.Sourceforge.Net: Freenet News #8

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 7, 2000

[ Thanks to Adam
Langley
for this link. ]

The sheer amount of traffic on the freenet lists each week
means that I’ve cut a lot of stuff out. But if I’ve misquoted you –
or I’ve missed the point of a discussion please tell me so I can
correct it.

“Java native compiler. There are compilers that procude native
code for atleast some platforms, couldnt these be used to provide
binary versions of freenet, atleast until stable C/C++
implementations appear, for those who dont know and are skecptical
about java? Java Visual Age has a compiler like this inbuilt
asfaik….”

“An important issue that has not been discussed yet is
scalability. I just realized when I was hacking on nfreenetd that
datastore formats (especially datastore index formats) are actually
hard to get right. It is easy to make such an index which *works*,
but it is quite hard to make it *scalable….”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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