Hello Gary!
Replying to a message of Gary Gilmore of 1:2410/400 on 98/01/15, 10:54:22 
said to David Chord at 1:167/133:
 DC>> Question. Does PacketSort actually speed up the entire processing
 DC>> time (including it's own runtime) or does it slow down, or remain
 DC>> the same?
 GG> When I used it, I never saw any speed increases that I thought were
 GG> substantial.  Yes, it's nice to have the messages sorted in order &
 GG> echo, but the "time savings" were nowhere near what people have
 GG> touted in the past.
There is a speed increase for me.  I guess it all depends on how much cache 
you have for your drives.  Right now the biggest slow is linking the areas.
Steve Monteith
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