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From: Connor Lane Smith <cls@lubutu.com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 19:05:54 +0100
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Subject: Re: [9fans] IL depreciated
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Hey,

The explanation for IL's deprecation is originally from the Plan 9
fourth release notes [1]:

> We are phasing out the IL protocol since it doesn=E2=80=99t handle long-d=
istance
> connections well (and long-distance networks don=E2=80=99t handle it well=
, either).

Does anyone know what it is about IL's design that means it doesn't
handle long-distance connections well?

[1]: http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/release4.html

Thanks,
cls