From: Bart van Ingen Schenau on
Francis Glassborow wrote:

> Bart van Ingen Schenau wrote:
>
>> But, if comparing two 4 character strings can save you a 100
>> comparisons of integers, then doing the string compare first will be
>> worth it.
>>
>
>
> I know I should not really be exposing the innocent to hacks but [...]

Maybe I should have said 5 character strings, to avoid giving you the
temptation :-)

Bart v Ingen Schenau
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