On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 00:09, Steve Hole wrote: > > OK, I looked through c-client and Pine code. It looks just as difficult > > as I expected. It uses multiple arrays for seq <-> message lookups. It > > often has to go through the whole array just to find the message (for > > every message it has to fetch I think?). And of course it has to update > > the arrays every time messages are expunged. > > Well ... if you think it's all that difficult, then I wish you well in=20 > your chosen field of endeavor.
It's not about if something is difficult, it's about if something is more difficult (or less optimal) than it could be with alternative method.
