I have noticed that if locale is set, then sort becomes much slower. I imagine that it is because instead of doing
simple_compare(string1,string2) it does: localized_compare(string1,string2) But would it be possible to convert the input string1 into a string in a generalized format, which would sort the same way as the localized sort, but using a simple compare? Like this: string1_general = localize(string1) string2_general = localize(string2) simple_compare(string1_general,string2_general) If that is possible, then localize() can be done by other cores in advance and thereby offload the "primary" core. /Ole
