*On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Randy Kobes wrote:
*
*I think the load, and network connection, is the main reason; the
*search itself, if you were connected locally at a time when the
*machine isn't so busy, is pretty quick.
The difference is in the 2 boxes actually. There are 2, one is at
wustl.edu, the
*Bill Moseley wrote:
*
*Because it does a full text search of all the contents of the DB.
*
*Perhaps, but it's just overloaded.
Neither of these is completely true. The search does do a match but only
on certain fields that are determined by the type of search you choose.
And, the boxes only
Does anyone know why search.cpan.org is always the s-l-o-w-e-s-t site
on the internet? I can't believe it always busy. I've had trouble
hitting it at 3 AM.
Maybe it's just me...
Rob
--
Only two things are infinite: The universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not
sure about the former.
There's a simple solution:
http://kobesearch.cpan.org/
