Daniel Kinzler wrote:
I don't think there's a magic bullet, but non the less, when thinking about what is possible and what isn't, we should look at the techniques that have been tried so far, and get to know their strenths and limitations. And while I have thought about the problem quite a bit, I have not yet looked at what the two systems in question actually do.
Good point. There should be some page at mediawiki.org about this explaining the different approaches, its problems, the different experiments and its performance... In a word, summarizing these endless mailing list threads. Even if there is a magic bullet, all of us will be trying to invent circular wheels, when perhaps a myriagon performs better. Having a list would be still hard, but at least there would be a chance of finding something new.
...and it would make a fine manual to be read :)