Re: Re: [VirtualNET open?]...


Neil,

> > This is very interesting to me!
> > So the positives of the speed increase out-weigh the friendly, co-operative
> > nature of the VME a great deal, in your opinion?  I am curious since you ha
> > stated before that the idea of the VME is a very good one, and should be
> > followed by all relevant VBBS utilities.
> > Is the philosophy of the VME still viable, in your mind?
> > Could VBBS's VME be made more ideal/better?
> Well, Roland has himself said that VBBS 7.1 will write straight to the
> databases, bypassing VME.

Ack!  Did he post this publically?

Gosh, your feed goes flakey for one brief moment and you lose all touch with
reality....  <g>


> When I saw that, I decided that if the Author was giving up on it, why
> shouldn't I? It doesn't bode well for the long-term future of VME when the
> Author appears to give up on it :-)

No, it doesn't!  I wonder why he did that...

I wonder, as things become more multi-threaded, if the idea of the VME is a
better one in a multi-threading situation...continuously running the
background.

Anyway, if this is a hint of things to come, I understand.  I am just sorry I
could not explore this exciting issue further.    


-Kevin K.

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