From: utzoo!decvax!cca!mclure@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.news.b Title: history() in inews Article-I.D.: sri-unix.1948 Posted: Tue Jun 29 06:34:54 1982 Received: Wed Jun 30 01:14:39 1982 Has anyone considered a more efficient implementation of the history() routine in inews? Namely, hashing. The current quadratic nature tends to bring Unix to a crawl. Trimming back the file is only a partial solution. Stuart