In article , "HeyBub" wrote:
Doug Miller wrote:
Nope. It is not. Shortness means nothing, speed means
everything.

You think the length of the signal path has nothing to do with
speed?

Waves hand!

I do! I do! Pick me!

You are aware, aren't you, that the speed of signal propagation is
finite?

Yes. And has nothing to do with the signal path.

Whether it's a 1/4 mile drag strip or the Indy 500, the top speed of
my '57 VW Bug is the same. The length of the track or, as you put
it, the signal path, has nothing to do with the speed.

Length of path x speed = time required to traverse the path.
Since the propagation speed of electrical signals has an inherent
physical
upper limit, the length of the signal path places an upper limit on
the speed
of any device that is depending on those signals.

Right. But speed is independent of the route, the length, or number of beers
per mile.

The length of the signal path has no bearing on the speed of the signal.

Of course not -- but it *does* have bearing on the throughput ["speed"] of the
device that's *processing* that signal.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.