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- From: flee@cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
- Subject: A new nntp.el
- Message-ID: <C17D7E.915@cs.psu.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 11:57:07 GMT
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- This is an advance plug for an nntp.el that I'm rewriting from
- scratch. It has minor speedups all over, but the major speedup is it
- understands Geoff Collyer's news overview database and will use the
- XOVER command if it can.
-
- The prototype I'm using can read and parse about 500 headers in about
- 2.5 seconds. This is on a Sun4/20 talking to a Sun4/380 NNTP server,
- under optimal conditions. (Suboptimal conditions might make it about
- twice as slow.)
-
- 2.5 seconds is still slower than I'd like, but I don't think I can
- improve it much in pure elisp. And there are plenty of other things
- in GNUS that are currently much much slower (like threading).
-
- I'm halfway through a production rewrite. It should be ready in a few
- days, barring accidents. The production version may be be slightly
- slower, but not significantly so.
-
- Remember, this major speedup only applies if you have news overview
- and the XOVER command, so start upgrading your news system now!
-
- (Some restrictions may apply. Void where prohibited by law.)
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