zz: PERFORMANCE PROBLEM??? (was: Re: Mark-Jason's Question about attributes

[Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>I am concerned about proliferating clones causing an unavoidable
>performance problem in large spaces.  

Hey, this is a prototype !-)

Optimization comes later.  WAY later.

We're going to hit *lots* of performance problems.  Big Question is
 which ones have to get swatten first.

Best, T


At 12:47 AM 10/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> Both solutions are fine,						
>
>I am concerned about proliferating clones causing an unavoidable
>performance problem in large spaces.  But I suppose there is probably
>a solution to this.
>
>> >	    But wait---you can't link two different cells to `male'
>> >	    in the +d.sex dimension.
>> 
>> Sure you can!  Just make the "male" cell the negative endcell
>
><<<Light goes on>>>
>
>> >	    So `Homer' is linked +d.sexwards to `male',
>> >	    but `male' is *not* linked -d.sexwards to `Homer'.
>> 
>> Nope nope nope.  It is a key rule of the cosmology
>>  that all links are 2-way.
>
>Yes, that's what I thought.  Just checking.
>
>>  Wouldn't be ZigZag.
>
>Right on.
>
>
>
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