Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file

Chris Angelico rosuav at gmail.com
Mon May 2 01:12:22 EDT 2016


On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 3:04 PM, DFS <nospam at dfs.com> wrote:
> And two small numbers turn into bigger numbers when the webpage is big, and
> soon the download time differences are measured in minutes, not half a
> second.
>
> So, any ideas?

So, measure with bigger web pages, and find out whether it's really a
2:1 ratio or a half-second difference. When download times are
measured in minutes, a half second difference is insignificant.

Extrapolating is dangerous.
https://xkcd.com/605/

ChrisA



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