🚀 go-pugleaf

    From: Daniel Finster <DF@sdf.lonestar.org>
    Date: Wed, 17 Jul 96 03:00 CDT
    
        From: Scott McKay <swm@harlequin.com>
        Date: Tue, 16 Jul 96 13:03:20 EDT
    
        'string=' is a pretty slow function.  How long are the strings, and
        where do the differences start to show up?
    
    The strings are all < 24 characters long, with differences usually in
    the first dozen characters.
    
        Still, 932 seconds seems like an awfully long time.  I notice that the
        GC flipped, too.  Who is consing?
    
    REMOVE-DUPLICATES -- The only thing I was doing while waiting for it
    to finish was running Terminal.  I can try it again with GC off if you like.
I think the suggestion that you avoid inserting duplicates in the
first place might be the better one.  Of course, this is O(n^2) as
well, but the size of the collection will stay smaller.

BTW, is the collection a list or a vector?  This will make a big
difference, too.