[IRCServices Coding] Cygnus

[Finny Merrill]

On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Andrew Church wrote:

>      I still haven't heard of a _real_ network with 100k users, but even

You've never heard of dalnet?

> assuming that's comparable to a real-world circumstance, Services frankly
> isn't designed to handle that many users.  I haven't put any focus at all
> on speed in version 5.0, either--my priorities are (1) get it working and
> (2) get it stable and secure.  If it works with 100k users, great, if not,
> don't use it; unlike some people (*cough*M$*cough*) I don't claim my
> software is the best for every imaginable circumstance.
> 
>      Also, it's worth noting that Services' I/O engine has been completely
> redesigned for 5.0, so any comparisons done with 4.x don't count.
> 
Actually, if I remember correctly 5.0 was slower. May be because of added 
features

It's of point to note that both versions of ircservices sent a lot more 
to the server. Any idea what this could be?