[sldev] Cache politics: performance vs obfuscation

Callum Lerwick seg at haxxed.com
Fri Jun 20 21:47:19 PDT 2008


On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:55 PM, <darien_caldwell at comcast.net> wrote:

> On a related note, I would like to ask Linden Lab, if a better cache system
> was developed by someone for inclusion in the viewer, what is the likelihood
> that such a patch would be accepted? Is LL willing to do any/some/all of the
> things suggested or is all this discussion for naught?  Are there any hard
> requirements to make a new cache system acceptable for the production
> viewer, or any things which would absolutely preclude a particular cache
> system from being accpeted?


A better cache system has already been developed. It's called HTTP.

I think I finally wrapped my brain around REST. Its 'everything is a file'
reinvented for the age of ubiquitous internet connectivity.
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