Should I use a dictionary?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <sTTZ6.248652$p33.5007707 at news1.sttls1.wa.home.com>,
Greg Jorgensen <gregj at pdxperts.com> wrote:
>
>When you want to sort the messages, use your own sort function to compare
>the message date/time:

That's a Bad Idea if there are a lot of messages; such comparison
functions are expensive.
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