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Re: java.net: Classpath vs. libgcj Comparison
- To: Matt Welsh <mdw at cs dot berkeley dot edu>
- Subject: Re: java.net: Classpath vs. libgcj Comparison
- From: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at albatross dot co dot nz>
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 17:23:25 +1200
- CC: java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <200004170513.WAA10466@mnemosyne.CS.Berkeley.EDU>
Matt Welsh wrote:
> Bryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz> writes:
> > I disagree with this. Caching inside InetAddress is a misfeature. The underly
> > ing OS already caches DNS entries.
>
> Really? Do *all* underlying O/S's cache Internet address lookups?
>
> My guess was that this was added to java.net.InetAddress to mask any
> incompatibilities between operating systems in this regard.
Sorry, looks like I was wrong here - the OS (win32,linux) doesn't cache unless you
have a caching nameserver running locally.
regards
[ bryce ]