Bill Unruh writes: > But you have no idea that this packet is a trade packet.
Obviously, the custom network with its custom hardware, software, and protocols would handle only trades. > And why would it be the first packet that counts. Surely a trade has not > been made until the full details of the trade are received. Good point: it should be the last packet. Or better, the protocol would handle only special fixed-length packets. Then there is the problem of error handling... > Why not use the time when the remote computer is switched on, since it > will eventually send a trade order? Ie, this whole thing is plain > silliness. Yes, of course it is. There is some fundamentally wrong-headed thinking going on there. -- John Hasler j...@dhh.gt.org Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
