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Ah, I didnt interpret the comment as being a variable delay. I think the point still holds though that you would still optimize for the lower bound.


You could, but then if say the delay is 439ms, then you'll sit idle for 239ms. It would make more sense from a game theory perspective to simply process for as long as necessary and then place the order.




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