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Date:      Thu, 01 Feb 1996 18:11:46 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
To:        michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ip_fw ordering of rules.. 
Message-ID:  <9454.823194706@critter.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 02 Feb 1996 03:40:48 %2B1100." <199602011640.DAA14729@asstdc.scgt.oz.au> 

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> > > On the other side, I understand that searching a rule tree similar to
> > > that found in the routing tables is of considerable performance
> > > advantage as compared to the traversal a (possibly lengthy) singly
> > > linked list ..
>  
> > It is always a singled linked list anyway...
>  
> Ugh ! Then there'll be no disadvantage in removing the "sort" :-)

Well, all the people who have managed to make it "DTRT" will disagree
with you there I presume...

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