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- In article <dob.328.2D9C7DE4@inel.gov>, dob@inel.gov (David L. Brooks) writes:
- > Announcing WSGopher 6.0
- >
- > [...]
- >
- > ** Tachyon network support
- > Probably the most important new feature of WSGopher 6.0 is it's support
- > for the new "tachyon networks". As you know, tachyon networks allow
- > server requests to be received before they are sent, and the more tachyon
- > repeaters in a network, the earlier the delivery.
- > WSGopher capitalizes on this in several ways:
- > - allows for early delivery times to be scheduled during non-peak
- > hours. This is particularly attractive for those trying to do
- > Veronica queries, only to find that every server is busy.
- > - whenever you make a request over a tachyon network, WSGopher
- > checks the responses that have already arrived, and presents the
- > appropriate ones if found.
- > - If a response arrives but you've already changed your mind about
- > making it, WSGopher will delete the response to avoid a paradox.
- >
- >
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- Is Tachyon support available now to all winsock apps, or will this require the
- just released winsock spec 1.2?
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