--- Ben Steeves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 11:04, Christer Enfors wrote: > > > "Overload of breadth"? What does that mean? Why is it a > problem? > > It's when a person with a lisp eats too much carbohydrates. > > Seriously, A breadth search is one in which you attempt to > download the > links on the main page before you descend down the links > (depth). > Coupled with a depth greater than 1, it can lead to huge > plucks quite > easily. > > Whether you should do a depth-first or breadth-first search > (and how > deep you should go in either direction) varies depending on > the nature > of the page you're trying to pluck.
If I understand this correctly (and I think I do), breadth first or depth first only affect in which order links are downloaded, not *which* links are downloaded. If that is correct, then I don't see what difference it really makes, especially since only one link is downloaded at a time (which I, on a sidenote, think is a shame). ===== -- Christer Enfors __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ plucker-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list
