An example: DJB posted something about why crit-bit trees are superior to hashes, I replied asking about cache-issues with crit-bit trees and he responded back with information about how to make crit-bit trees cache aware.
That is a very useful public conversation to have; indeed 20 years ago it could have happened on usenet.
That is a very useful public conversation to have; indeed 20 years ago it could have happened on usenet.