Re: Size limits for text files?

Tim Berners-Lee (timbl)
Tue, 25 Feb 92 15:52:17 GMT+0100


> Another thing clients should do (but don't yet) is to cache
information.
> That is, the client ought to keep the previous list of gopher items
in memory

> so you don't have to fetch it again. Of course, there should also
be a timer...

As happens, the www client caches information. The number of
documents (text files or menus) cached is currently 2, defined by
LOADED_LIMIT in GridText.c. We'll increase it next release, as 5
seems more useful. There's no timer, but it its a good idea.

Tim BL