Comment on Dijkstra’s algorithm won’t be replaced in production routers

paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Sheldan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If the change is of no significance, why change?

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  • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Or in layman’s terms, why fix what ain’t broke

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    • TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It doesn’t mean “never improve”, though.

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’m personally of the opinion that we should always upgrade if the improvement is significant and the improvement actually gains us something beneficial.

        Sometimes even a significant improvement doesn’t necessarily net you a real tangible gain. But often it does!

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