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I am idiot but I would, and have in the past, have wasted the whole interview time argue in that I am right and he is wrong.

Yes, John, some switches do start sending the packet before finish receiving it. It’s called cut-though switching. Hope you googled it. And yes it was worth losing the job offer over it.



I would say if you know you have to later work with the guy and he will be higher up than you this is actually smart.


John says you were wrong then and you are still wrong now. When talking about the problem domain John also mentions some switches do start sending the packet before finish receiving, it's called cut-though switching.


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