At 3:33 PM +0200 2005-09-12, Henk P. Penning wrote:
meaning : France is close to Algeria, but Algeria isn't close to France
If we are going to continue this line of reasoning, then note
that Belgium is close to the Netherlands, UK, German, Austria, and
France, but for these purposes, I wouldn't say that any of these
countries are "close" to Belgium. Likewise, Luxembourg is close to
Germany and France, but you wouldn't want to say that they are close
to Luxembourg.
You want to promote exclusively one-way, from worse to better,
and avoid demotions at all possible costs.
If you think there are more exceptions (asym relations) to the rule
than cases that follow the rule, it is shorter to specify all
neighbour relations. Fine.
There are a fewer number of countries that have an adequate
number of servers. Therefore, I would say that there would, by
definition, be more exceptions to the bi-directional rule.
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