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Originally posted by AtW View PostNot again!
"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
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Originally posted by AtW View PostNumeric overflows.
There's no other excuse.
You've an I/O bound system, not processor bound. Code more defensively, and less for speed. And in future, do proper analysis before making assumptions.
HTHMy all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostTut, tut. Schoolboy error. Crap programming in a crap language.
There's no other excuse.
You've an I/O bound system, not processor bound. Code more defensively, and less for speed. And in future, do proper analysis before making assumptions.
HTH
Did not expect (2 years ago when it was coded) that we'd have URLs with more than 2 billion backlinks in our index - we've got 12 now out of a trillion+Comment
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Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostYou've an I/O bound system, not processor bound.Comment
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Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostCode more defensively
A defensive coding option always bottles up the problems.Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostDid not expect (2 years ago when it was coded) that we'd have URLs with more than 2 billion backlinks in our index - we've got 12 now out of a trillion+
You know I have been banging on about your spelling of "centre" all week? Well, now you've gone and fallen over because you've used nasty American billions.
If you'd been using proper British billions, you'd be able to handle loads more backlinks.
Hang on, 2 thousand million? Not 4 thousand million? You're not using signed integers, are you? Do many URLs have a negative number of backlinks?My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostHang on, 2 thousand million? Not 4 thousand million? You're not using signed integers, are you? Do many URLs have a negative number of backlinks?Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View Post
Gotta respect ya, sitting there giving it on a Sunday. When you're rich, nobody will be able to say you didn't earn it.
(Except those people who think you need to get an email confirmation of permission from every webmaster on the planet... )My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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ta mate.
Some more work to workaround the bug and then drinks later - well earned today for sureComment
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